Act 3 Quotes

Question 1

“Goes …

Answer 1

…Fleance with you?”
~ Macbeth

Act 3 Scene 1
Macbeth is subtly gathering information about Banquo and Fleance because he is paranoid about possible usurpation

Question 2

“Our fears in …

Answer 2

…Banquo / stick deep”
~ Macbeth

Act 3 Scene 1
Macbeth says this in a soliloquy before the attendant returns with two murderers for Banquo and Fleance
Macbeth is already paranoid about the possibility of usurpation despite only just having been crowned (in the gap between Act 2 and 3)

Question 3

“O full of…

Answer 3

scorpions is my mind, dear wife!”
~ Macbeth

Act 3 Scene 2
(At Macbeth’s new “palace”)

Question 4

“Be innocent of…

Answer 4

the knowledge, dearest chuck”
~ Macbeth

Act 3 Scene 2
(At Macbeth’s new “palace”)

Question 5

“Thou canst not say…

Answer 5

I did it: never shake thy gory locks at me”
~ Macbeth

Speaking to Banquo’s Ghost

Act 3 Scene 4
At the Banquet
(In the Hall of the Palace)

Question 6

“_ will have _”

Answer 6

Blood blood
~ Macbeth

Act 3 Scene 4
After Lady Macbeth has wished all the banquet guests a good night
Her and Macbeth are left alone on stage