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Key Quotes Flashcards

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“My worthy…

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“My worthy Cawdor”- Duncan

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“Fair is…

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“Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair ”- Witch

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“So Fair…

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“So Fair and foul a day I have not seen”- Macbeth

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“Why do you…

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“Why do you fear things that do sound so Fair”- Banquo

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“The instruments…

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“The instruments of darkness tells us truths”

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“Let not…

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“Let not light see my black and deep desires”

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“Pour…

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“Pour my spirits”

Links to alcohol
Links to supernatural (some people label her as a 4th Witch, Suggests Macbeth has always been influenced by supernatural including his wife and the three witches)

Lady Macbeth

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“We will…

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“We will proceed no further in this business”

Macbeth

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“You we’re…

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“You we’re a man”

Her manipulation suggests she thinks he is losing his masculinity

Lady Macbeth

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“B…

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“Beast”

Lady Macbeth

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“False fa…

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“False face must hide what the false heart doth know”

He is a kind man, but he is being poisoned by Lady Macbeth

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“Is this…

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“Is this a dagger in which I see before me”

Macbeth

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“Will all…

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“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood”

Not even a powerful ocean will remove the crime and the blood he has done

Macbeth

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“Upon my…

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“Upon my head they place a fruitless crown”

He has all the power, but he isn’t happy
He has done everything for nothing, hasn’t changed anything

Lady Macbeth

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“Full of…

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“Full of Scorpions is my mind”

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16
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“Be bright…

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“Be bright and jovial”

Links to “be the innocent flower… but the serpent underneath”
Links to duality
Links to appearance

Lady Macbeth

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“Something…

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“Something wicked this way comes”

“Wicked”- suggests that he is worst than them, in those days to be a witch is horrible and the worst thing, so for Macbeth to be the worst is a very bad thin

Witch

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“Will these…

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“Will these hands ne’er be clean?”

Links to “Neptune’s Ocean” quote

Lady Macbeth

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“Out…

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“Out damned spot”

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“All the perfumes of…

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““All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand”

Hints at her being sweet
“Sweetened”- suggests she has her femininity back and wants to be seen as a woman
“Little”- suggests that she is vulnerable and little, opposite of “unsex me here”

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“Fear…

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“Fear not Macbeth”

Now he is making him feel confident, he used to have Lady Macbeth but now she is guilty and very close to death

22
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“look like…

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he innocent flower, but be the serpent under it”?

Macbeth Key Quotes (4 decks)

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