Macbeth Flashcards
Who is Macbeth?
A Scottish General and Thane of Glamis. He fights valiantly for his country, and is highly regarded by everyone, including the King
How is Macbeth led to evil thoughts?
After hearing the Weird Sister’s prophecies
What does his wife urge him to do?
Kill King Duncan, he then employs 3 men to murder Banquo, and has Macduff’s family slaughtered
What happens to Macbeth in the play’s finale?
He is killed by Macduff
What is the quote starting with, “So foul…”?
“So foul and fair a day I have not seen” (Act 1, Scene 3)
What is the quote starting with, “If chance will…”?
“If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me” (Act 1, Scene 3)
What is the quote starting with, “Stars, hide…”?
“Stars, hide your fires, / Let not light see my black and deep desires” (Act 1, Scene 4)
What is the quote starting with, “My dearest…”?
“My dearest partner of greatness [referring to his wife in a letter]” (Act 1, Scene 5)
What is the quote starting with, “Yet do I…”?
“Yet do I [his wife] fear thy nature. / It is too full o’th’ milk of human kindness / To catch the nearest way” (Lady Macbeth)(Act 1, Scene 5)
What is the quote starting with, “He’s here in…”?
“He’s here in double trust: / First, as I am his kinsman, and his subject, / Strong both against the deed. / Then as his host” (Act 1, Scene 7)
What is the quote starting with, “We will proceed…”?
“We will proceed no further in this business” (Act 1, Scene 7)
What is the quote starting with, “I dare do…”?
“I dare do all that may become a man, / Who dares do more, is none.” (Act 1, Scene 7)
What is the quote starting with, “Away, and mock…”?
“Away, and mock the time with the fairest show: / False face must hide what the false heart doth know” (Act 1, Scene 7)
What is the quote starting with, “Is this a…”?
“Is this a dagger I see before me, / The handle toward my hand?” (Act 2, Scene 1)
What is the quote starting with, “I heard a voice…”?
“I heard a voice cry, ‘sleep no more. / Macbeth doth murder sleep.’” (Act 2, Scene 2)
What is the quote starting with, “Our fears…”?
“Our fears in Banquo stick deep” (Act 3, Scene 1)
What is the quote starting with, “We have scorched…”?
“We have scorched the snake, not killed it: / She’ll close and be herself” (Act 3, Scene 2)
What is the quote starting with, “Be innocent…”?
“Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck” (Act 3, Scene 2)
What is the quote starting with, “O full of…”?
“O full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife: Thou knowst that Banquo, and his Fleance, lives” (Act 3, Scene 2)
What is the quote starting with, “Come, sealing…”?
“Come, sealing night, / Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day” (Act 3, Scene 2)
What is the quote starting with, “But now I…”?
“But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined [on Fleance’s escape]” (Act 3, Scene 4)
What is the quote starting with, “Thou canst…”?
“Thou canst not say I did it: never shake / Thy gory locks at me” (Act 3, Scene 4)
What is the quote starting with, “I’ll fight…”?
“I’ll fight, till from my bones my flesh be hacked” (Act 5, Scene 3)
What is the quote starting with, “Out, out brief candle…?
“Out, out brief candle, / Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, / That struts and frets his hour upon a stage, / And then is heard no more” (Act 5, Scene 5)
What is the quote starting with, “Why should I…”?
“Why should I play the Roman fool, and die / On mine own sword?” (Act 5, Scene 8)
What is the quote starting with, “I must not…”?
“I must not yield [my life] / To one of woman born” (Act 5, Scene 8)
