Macbeth Flashcards

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What words open the play?

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“Fair is foul, and foul is fair.” - the witches

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“There’s _______ in men’s ________”

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“There’s daggers in men’s smiles” - donaldbain

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“Look like the _________ ______ but be the _______ underneath it”

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“Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent underneath it” - Lady Macbeth

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“All the __________ of _______ will not ________ this little _____”

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

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‘I have no ____. To ______ the sides of my intent but only ________ ambition which _________ itself. And falls on th’other

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“I have no spur. To prick the sides of my intent but only. Vaulting ambition which o’erleaps itself. And falls on th’other” - Macbeth

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“By the _________ of my ________, something ________ this way comes.”

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“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.” - the witches

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“Is this a _______ which I see _______ me”

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“Is this a dagger which I see before me” - Macbeth

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“It is a ____ told by an ______, full of _______ and _______, signifying _______.”

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“It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” - Macbeth (when lady Macbeth dies)

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“________ does ________ _________.”

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“Macbeth does murder sleep.” - Macbeth

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“_______, hide your _______! Let not ______ see my ______ and ______ ______.”

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“Stars, hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires.” - Macbeth

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“Come, you ______ that _______ on ________ thoughts!”

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“Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts!” - Lady Macbeth

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“I was from my ________ _______ untimely _______”

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“I was from my mother’s womb untimely ripped” - Macduff

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“O _______, ________, _________! ________ nor _______ cannot _______ nor name ______!”

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“O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart cannot conceive nor name thee!” - Macduff (sees Duncan dead)

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“What, all my _______ ________ and their ______. At one ___ ______”

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“What, all my pretty chickens and their dam. At one fell swoop.” - Macduff (learns family was killed)

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“______ will have _______”

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“Blood will have blood” - Macbeth

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“Such a ____ and _____ _____ I have not _____”

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“Such a fair and foul day I have not seen”