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Macbeth 1

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“Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself and falls on the other.” (Act 1

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Macbeth 2

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“I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition.” (Act 1

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Macbeth 3

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“Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?” (Act 2

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Macbeth 4

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“O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!” (Act 3

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Macbeth 5

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“I am in blood stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o’er.” (Act 3

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Macbeth 6

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“Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage.” (Act 5

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Lady Macbeth 1

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“Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here.” (Act 1

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Lady Macbeth 2

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“Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t.” (Act 1

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Lady Macbeth 3

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“Screw your courage to the sticking place and we’ll not fail.” (Act 1

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Lady Macbeth 4

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“A little water clears us of this deed.” (Act 2

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Lady Macbeth 5

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“What’s done is done.” (Act 3

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Lady Macbeth 6

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“Out, damned spot! Out, I say!” (Act 5

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The Witches 1

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“Fair is foul, and foul is fair.” (Act 1

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The Witches 2

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“All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis! All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth! Thou shalt be king hereafter!” (Act 1

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The Witches 3

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“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.” (Act 4

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The Witches 4

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“Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble.” (Act 4

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The Witches 5

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“Beware Macduff; Beware the Thane of Fife.” (Act 4

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The Witches 6

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“None of woman born shall harm Macbeth.” (Act 4

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Banquo 1

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“Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.” (Act 1

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Banquo 2

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“And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths.” (Act 1

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Banquo 3

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“Keep my bosom franchised and allegiance clear.” (Act 2

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Banquo 4

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“Thou hast it now: King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, as the Weird Women promised, and I fear thou played’st most foully for’t.” (Act 3

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Banquo 5

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“May they not be my oracles as well, and set me up in hope?” (Act 3

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Banquo 6

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“O, treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly!” (Act 3

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Ambition 1
"Thou wouldst be great, art not without ambition, but without the illness should attend it." (Act 1
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Ambition 2
"Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself and falls on the other." (Act 1
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Ambition 3
"I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition." (Act 1
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Ambition 4
"Stars, hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires." (Act 1
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Ambition 5
"We will proceed no further in this business." (Act 1
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Ambition 6
"To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus." (Act 3
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Guilt 1
"Methought I heard a voice cry, ‘Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep.’" (Act 2
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Guilt 2
"Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?" (Act 2
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Guilt 3
"What, will these hands ne’er be clean?" (Act 5
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Guilt 4
"Here’s the smell of the blood still; all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand." (Act 5
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Guilt 5
"Out, damned spot! Out, I say!" (Act 5
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Guilt 6
"O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!" (Act 3
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Fate 1
"If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me without my stir." (Act 1
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Fate 2
"Come fate into the list, and champion me to th' utterance!" (Act 3
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Fate 3
"All hail, Macbeth! Thou shalt be king hereafter!" (Act 1
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Fate 4
"The instruments of darkness tell us truths." (Act 1
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Fate 5
"I am a man again. Pray you sit still." (Act 3
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Fate 6
"Beware Macduff; Beware the Thane of Fife." (Act 4
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Violence 1
"Unseamed him from the nave to the chops, and fixed his head upon our battlements." (Act 1
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Violence 2
"The multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red." (Act 2
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Violence 3
"It will have blood, they say: blood will have blood." (Act 3
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Violence 4
"I am in blood stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o’er." (Act 3
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Violence 5
"Give to th’ edge o’ th’ sword his wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls that trace him in his line." (Act 4
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Violence 6
"Turn, hellhound, turn!" (Act 5
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Supernatural 1
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair." (Act 1
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Supernatural 2
"Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?" (Act 2
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Supernatural 3
"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes." (Act 4
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Supernatural 4
"Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble." (Act 4
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Supernatural 5
"Beware Macduff; Beware the Thane of Fife." (Act 4
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Supernatural 6
"None of woman born shall harm Macbeth." (Act 4
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Appearance vs Reality 1
"Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't." (Act 1
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Appearance vs Reality 2
"False face must hide what the false heart doth know." (Act 1
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Appearance vs Reality 3
"There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face." (Act 1
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Appearance vs Reality 4
"Mine eyes are made the fools o’ th’ other senses." (Act 2
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Appearance vs Reality 5
"Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?" (Act 1
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Appearance vs Reality 6
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair." (Act 1
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Kingship and Tyranny 1
"The king-becoming graces: justice, verity, temperance, stableness, bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness, devotion, patience, courage, fortitude." (Act 4
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Kingship and Tyranny 2
"Macbeth is ripe for shaking, and the powers above put on their instruments." (Act 4
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Kingship and Tyranny 3
"A good and virtuous nature may recoil in an imperial charge." (Act 4
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Kingship and Tyranny 4
"His virtues will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued against the deep damnation of his taking-off." (Act 1
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Kingship and Tyranny 5
"I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition." (Act 1
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Kingship and Tyranny 6
"O nation miserable, with an untitled tyrant bloody-sceptered!" (Act 4

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