Macbeth Flashcards
Quote for when witches open play
Fair is foul and foul is fair
How did Macbeth kill MacDonald?
he unseamed him from the nave to th’ chaps
What is the witches third prediction when they first meet Macbeth?
All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter
What prediction did the witches give Banquo?
Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none
Quote for when murder of Duncan is first mentioned
whose murder yet is but fantastical
Quote for Duncan’s relationship with old Thane of Cawdor
built an absolute trust
What does Macbeth say in an aside when Malcom is named heir to the throne?
that is a step on which I must fall down, or else o’erleap
Why does Lady Macbeth think Macbeth won’t be King?
He is too full o’the’milk of human kindness
What does Lady Macbeth tell the spirits to do?
unsex me here and fill me from the crown to the toe topfull of direst cruelty
What does Lady Macbeth tell Macbeth to do when they first meet in the play?
look like th’innocent flower but be the serpent under’t
How does Macbeth describe his own ambition?
As vaulting ambition
What did Lady Macbeth say she would do to her own baby?
dashed the brains out
What do the voices Macbeth hears after the murder say?
Macbeth shall sleep no more
What did Macbeth say the witches gave him?
a fruitless crown
Quote for first sign Lady Macbeth changes
Nought’s had all’s spent where our desire is got without content
What did Macbeth say about his mental state?
O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!
Quotes where Lady Macbeth questions Macbeth’s masculinity
- When you durst do it, then you were a man
- Are you a man?
How does Macbeth say to Banquo’s ghost?
Hence horrible shadow
How do the witches describe Macbeth ACT4 SC1
Something wicked this way comes
What predictions do the witches give Macbeth on the second meeting?
- Beware Macduff
- None of woman born shall harm Macbeth
- Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnham wood to high Dunsinane hill shall come against him
Quote for Malcom Macuff meeting
Black Macbeth shall seem as pure as snow
Quote from when Lady Macbeth sleepwalking
Out, damned spot
What does Macduff say to Macbeth when the final battle begins?
Turn, hell-hound, turn
Quote for moment of realisation
Macduff was from his mother’s womb untimely ripped
How are Macbeth and Lady Macbeth described at the end of the play?
dead butcher and his fiend-like queen
3 contextual points
- Gender roles
- Patriarchy
- Daemonologie
