Macbeth Flashcards
Macbeth - Ambition and Power (Act 1, Scene 7)
”..but only vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself and falls on the other.”
Macbeth - Descent into Tyranny (Act 3, Scene 4)
“I am in blood stepped in so far that should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o’er.”
Macbeth - Realization of Guilt (Act 5, Scene 5)
“Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day.”
Lady Macbeth - Manipulation (Act 1, Scene 5)
“Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t.”
Lady Macbeth - Guilt and Madness (Act 5, Scene 1)
“Out, damned spot! Out, I say!”
Lady Macbeth - Power Dynamics (Act 1, Scene 7)
“When you durst do it, then you were a man.”
Witches - Prophecy and Fate (Act 1, Scene 3)
“All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!”
Witches - foreshadowing of oncoming evil (Act 4, Scene 1)
“Double, double toil and trouble”
Witches - Ambiguity and Deception (Act 1, Scene 1)
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair.”
Scotland - Tyranny Under Macbeth’s rule (Act 4, Scene 3)
“Bleed, bleed, poor country! Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure, for goodness dare not check thee.”
Scotland - Corruption: (Act 4, Scene 3)
“Each new morn, new widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows strike heaven on the face.”
Scotland - Restoration of Order: (Act 5, Scene 9)
“The time is free.”
Blame - Macbeth’s Responsibility (Act 2, Scene 1)
“Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?”
Blame - Lady Macbeth’s Influence (Act 1, Scene 7)
“What beast was’t then that made you break this enterprise to me?”
Blame - Witches’ Prophecies (Act 1, Scene 3)
“Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.”
