MacBeth Flashcards
Quote that shows the witches’ subversion of nature and is repeated by Macbeth in A1S3
Witches- ‘fair is foul and foul is fair.’ A1S1
Quote that shows Macbeth’s bravery
Sargent - ‘unseam’d him from the nave to th’chaps.’ A1S2
Quote that foreshadows Macbeth’s betrayal
Ross - ‘That most disloyal traitor, the thane of cawdor.’ A1S2
Quote that shows Macbeth’s captivation with the witches
Macbeth - ‘melted as breath into the wind. Would the had stayed.’ A1S3
Quote that shows Banquo’s disbelief of the witches
Banquo - ‘Have we eaten on the insane root?’ A1S3
Quote that shows the King’s debt to Macbeth
Ross - ‘His praises do contend which should be thine or his.’ A1S3
Quote that shows Macbeth disbelief that he has been made TOC
Macbeth - ‘Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?’ A1S3
Quote that shows Banquo warning Macbeth of evil.
Banquo - ‘The instruments of darkness tell us truths; win us with honest trifles to betray in deepest consequence.’ A1S3
Quote that shows Macbeth’s misgivings at killing Duncan
Macbeth - ‘Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair and make my seated heart knock at my ribs.’ A1S3
Quote from King Duncan showing the debt he owes to Macbeth
Duncan - ‘More is thy due than all can pay.’ A1S4
quote that shows MacBeth plotting his usurping of the king by eliminating his heir.
Macbeth - ‘That is a step on which I must fall down or else o’erleap.’ A1S4
Quote showing Lady Macbeth questioning Macbeth’s masculinity
Lady MacBeth - ‘Too full of the milk of human kindness.’ A1S5
Quote showing Lady Macbeth asking for strength
Lady Macbeth - ‘Take my milk for gall.’ A1S5
Quote of lady Macbeth commanding MacBeth to be discreet.
Lady MacBeth - ‘ Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t.’ A1S5
Quote showing that Macbeth understands the repercussions of killing Duncan.
MacBeth - ‘We’d jump the life to come.’ A1S7
Quote showing Lady Macbeth pressuring Macbeth into murder
Lady MacBeth - ‘Plucked the boneless gums from his boneless gums and dashed the brains out had I so sworn as you have done this.’ A1S7
Quote showing Macbeth refusing to murder Duncan at first.
MacBeth - ‘I dare do all that may become a man, who dares do more is none.’ A1S7
Quote showing Macbeth’s resignation to the deed
Macbeth - ‘False face must hide what the false heart doth know.’ A1S7
Quote showing Lady MacBeth giving an excuse to not kill Duncan herself.
Lady MacBeth - ‘Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done’t.’ A2S2
Quote showing MacBeth’s start on a path of evil after having murdered Duncan.
Macbeth - ‘They had seen me with these hangman’s hands [..] I could not say Amen’ A2S2
Quote showing MacBeth’s regret at killing Duncan
Macbeth - ‘Had I but died an hour before this chance i had liv’d a blessed time.’ A2S3
Quote showing how Duncan’s murder has upset the natural order.
Old Man - ‘A falcon, towering in her pride of place,
Was by a mousing owl hawk’d at and kill’d.’ A2S4
Quote form MacBeth showing his paranoia about Banquo.
Macbeth - ‘To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus. Our fears in Banquo stick deep.’ A3S1
Quote from MacBeth showing his paranoia about his enemies in general.
MacBeth - ‘We have scorched the snake, not killed it.’ A3S3
Quote from MacBeth showing that he knows his actions will have consequences on earth.
MacBeth - ‘Blood will have blood.’ A3S4
Quote showing witches referring to Macbeth as evil.
Witches - W ‘Something wicked this way comes’ A4S1
Stage direction showing Banquo’s sons
A show of Eight Kings, the last with a glass in his hand; GHOST OF BANQUO following’ A4S1
Quote showing MacDuff’s lamenting over Scotland
Macduff - ‘Oh nation miserable!’ A4S3
Quote showing Lady MacBeth’s Guilt
Lady MacBeth - ‘Out, damned spot! Out, I say!’ A5S1
Quote from Lady MacBeth graphically showing her guilt
Lady MacBeth - ‘Who would have tought the old man to have had so much blood in him?’ A5S1
Quote referencing clothing and MacBeth’s downfall.
Angus - ‘Now does he feel his title hang loose about him, like a giant’s robe upon a dwarfish thief.’ A5S2
MacBeth’s reaction to Lady MacBeth’s death
Macbeth - ‘She should have died hereafter’ A5S5
MacBeth trying to understand life
Macbeth - ‘it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.’ A5S5
MacBeth resigning himself to fight
MacBeth - ‘They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly, but bear-like I must fight the course.’ A5S7
Stage direction showing MacBeth’s death
Re-enter MACDUFF, with MACBETH’s head
