Macbeth Flashcards
“fair is…
…foul and foul is fair”
“brave…
…Macbeth”
“valour’s…
…minion”
“eagles…
…lion”
“shalt be…
…King hereafter”
“thou shalt get…
…Kings”
“murder is…
…yet but fantastical”
“stars hide…
…your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires”
“dearest…
…partner of greatness”
“thou shalt be what…
…thou art promised”
“milk of…
…human kindness”
“unsex…
…me here”
“fill me…
…from the crown to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty”
“take my milk…
…for gall, you murdr’ing ministers”
“look like th’innocent…
…flower but be the serpent under’t”
“vaulting…
…ambition”
“his virtues…
…will plead like angels”
“when you durst…
…do it then you were a man”
“false face must…
…hide what the false heart doth know”
“is this a dagger…
…I see before me. The handle toward my hand”
“it is a knell…
…that summons thee to heaven or to hell”
“owl scream…
…and the crickets cry”
“wherefore could not…
…I pronounce Amen”
“sleep no…
…more; Macbeth does murder sleep”
“will all Neptune’s…
…ocean wash this blood clean from my hand”
“my hands are of…
…your colour but I shame to wear a heart so white”
“this place is too…
…cold for hell”
“horror…
…horror, horror!”
“most sacrilegious…
…murder broke ope The Lord’s anointed temple”
“falcon tow’ring…
…in her pride of place, was by a mousing owl hawk’d at and killed”
“Duncan’s horses…
…tis said they eat each other”
“I fear thou…
…play’dst most foully fort”
“to be thus is…
…nothing but to be safely thus”
“fruitless…
…crown”
“barren…
…sceptre”
“nought’s had…
…all’s spent”
“we have scotch’d…
…the snake, not kill’d it”
“sleep in the…
…affliction of these terrible dreams”
“full of scorpions…
…is my mind, dear wife”
“come seeling night…
…scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day”
“we have lost…
…best half of our affair”
“thou canst not say…
…I did it; never shake thy gory locks at me”
“are you…
…a man?”
“blood will…
…have blood”
“stones have been…
…known to move, and trees to speak”
“almost at odds…
…with morning, which is which”
“I am in blood…
…stepped so far in, should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o’er”
“you lack…
…the season of all natures, sleep”
“we are yet…
…but young in deed”
“[first apparition…
…an armed head]”
“beware…
…the Thane of Fife”
“[second apparition…
…a bloody child]”
“none of woman…
…born shall harm Macbeth”
“[third apparition…
…a child crowned with a tree in his hand]”
“Macbeth shall never…
…vanquish’d be until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane Hill”
“the castle of…
…Macduff, I will surprise…his wife, his babes”
“he loves…
…us not; he wants the natural touch”
“whither should I…
…fly? I have done no harm…harm is often laudable”
“young fry…
…of treachery”
“he has killed…
…me mother, run away, I pray you!”
“weak…
…poor, innocent lamb”
“bleed…
…bleed poor country”
“I have none…
…the king becoming graces”
“hell kite…
…all my pretty ones”
“dispute it…
…like a man”
“feel it…
…like a man”
“[enter Lady Macbeth…
…with a taper]”
“out…
…damned spot! Out I say”
“who would have thought…
…the old man to have so much blood in him”
“will these hands…
…ne’er by clean?”
“all the perfumes…
…in Arabia will not sweeten this little hand”
“what’s done…
…cannot be undone”
“to bed…
…to bed, to bed”
“it is the cry…
…of women”
“the Queen…
…my lord, is dead”
“she should have…
…died hereafter; there would have been a time for such a word”
“life’s but…
…a walking shadow”
“heard no more…
…it is a tale told by an idiot”
“signifying…
…nothing”
“tyrant…
…shows thy face”
“turn…
…hellhound, turn”
“I bear…
…a charmed life”
“Macduff was from…
…his mother’s womb untimely ripped”
