Macbeth Act 5 Quotes Flashcards
Gentlewoman: “She has light by her continually, ‘tis her command
it is an accustomed action with her, to seem thus washing her hands.”
Gentlewoman: “…it is an accustomed action with her, to seem thus washing her hands.”
“She has light by her continually, ‘tis her command
Lady Macbeth (sleepwalking): “Out, damned spot! Hell is murky
yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him.”
Lady Macbeth: “…yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him.”
“Out, damned spot! Hell is murky
Lady Macbeth (sleepwalking): “The Thane of Fife had a wife
Where is she now? What, will these hands ne’er be clean?”
Lady Macbeth: “…Where is she now? What, will these hands ne’er be clean?”
“The Thane of Fife had a wife
Lady Macbeth: “Here’s the smell of blood still
all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.”
Lady Macbeth: “…all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.”
“Here’s the smell of blood still
Lady Macbeth: “Come, come, come, come, give me your hand
what’s done cannot be undone.”
Lady Macbeth: “…what’s done cannot be undone.”
“Come, come, come, come, give me your hand
Angus (about Macbeth): “Now does he feel his secret murders sticking on his hands
Now does he feel his title hang loose about him, like a giant’s robe upon a dwarfish thief.”
Angus: “…Now does he feel his title hang loose about him, like a giant’s robe upon a dwarfish thief.”
“Now does he feel his secret murders sticking on his hands
Macbeth: “Bring me no more reports
let them fly all.”
Macbeth: “…let them fly all.”
“Bring me no more reports
Macbeth: “The heart I bear
shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.”
Macbeth: “…shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.”
“The heart I bear
Macbeth: “Our castle’s strength
will laugh a siege to scorn.”
Macbeth: “…will laugh a siege to scorn.”
“Our castle’s strength
Macbeth: “I have almost forgot
the taste of fears.”
Macbeth: “…the taste of fears.”
“I have almost forgot
Macbeth (after Lady Macbeth’s death): “She should have died hereafter
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace.”
Macbeth: “…Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace.”
“She should have died hereafter
Macbeth: “Out, out, brief candle, life’s but a walking shadow
a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more.”
Macbeth: “…a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more.”
“Out, out, brief candle, life’s but a walking shadow
Macbeth: “It is a tale told by an idiot,
full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
Macbeth: “…full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
“It is a tale told by an idiot,
Macduff (to Macbeth): “Tyrant,
show thy face!”
Macduff “…show thy face!”
“Tyrant,
Macduff (to Macbeth): “Turn, hell-hound
turn!”
Macduff: “…turn!”
“Turn, hell-hound
Macduff (to Macbeth): “Despair thy charm
Macduff was from his mother’s womb untimely ripped.”
Macduff: “…Macduff was from his mother’s womb untimely ripped.”
“Despair thy charm
Macbeth: “Be these juggling fiends no more believed
that palter with us in a double sense.”
Macbeth: “…that palter with us in a double sense.”
“Be these juggling fiends no more believed
King Malcolm: “Call home our exiled friends abroad
that fled the snares of watchful tyranny.”
King Malcolm: “…that fled the snares of watchful tyranny.”
“Call home our exiled friends abroad
King Malcolm: “Producing forth the cruel ministers of this dead butcher, and his fiend-like queen
who, as ‘tis thought, by self and violent hands, took off her life.”
King Malcolm: “…who, as ‘tis thought, by self and violent hands, took off her life.”
“Producing forth the cruel ministers of this dead butcher, and his fiend-like queen
