Macbeth Act1 Quotes Flashcards
Scene1-
“Meet again?”
First Witch:
“When shall we three meet again?
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?”
Scene 1-
Witch chant
“Fair is foul and foul is fair,
Hover through the fog and filthy air,”
Scene2:
How does Captain refer to Macbeth
“For brave Macbeth-well he deserves that name,”
Scene 2-
What did the Captain say Macbeth did to Macdonwald?
“Unsealed him from the nave to th’chops,
And fixed his head upon our battlements,”
Scene2:
What compliment does Ross give to Macbeth about his warriorship?
Calls him “Bellona’s Bridegroom”
Roman goddess of war
Scene 2:
Irony in Kind Duncan’s decision for macbeth’s prize
“No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive,
Our bosom interest. Go pronounce his present death,
And with his former title greet Macbeth.”
Scene 2:
Statement of Macbeth’s prize
King Duncan
“What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won,”
Scene 3:
Macbeth’s statement about day
“so fair and foul a day I have not seen,”
Scene 3:
Banquo saying the witches don’t belong on the earth:
“That look not like th’inhabitants of th’earth
And yet are on’t?”
Scene 3:
Banquo debating if the witches are women
“You should be women,
And yet your beards forbid me to interpret
That you are so,”
Scene 3:
Witch’s Prophecy chant for Macbeth
“All hail Macbeth! Hail to the, Thane of Glamis!
All hail Macbeth! Hail to the, Thane of Cawdor!
All hail Macbeth! That shalt be King hereafter!”
Scene 3:
Banquo saying Macbeth is interested, Banquo is not
“That he seems rapt withal: to me you speak not”
Scene 3:
3rd Witch tells Banquo royalty prophecy
“Thou shalt get Kings though thou be none,”
Scene 3:
Macbeth asks them to stay
“Stay you imperfect speakers!”
Scene 3:
Mb asking why the witches say he’s Thane of Cawdor
“The Thane of Cawdor lives; why do you dress me in borrowed robes?”
Scene 3:
Banquo warning Mb about witches’ intentions
“And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,
The instruments of darkness tell us truths,
Win us with honest trifles, to betray’s
In deepest consequences,”
Scene 3:
Macbeth convincing himself the witches must be telling the truth
“Two truths are told,
As happy prologues to the swelling act,
Of the imperial theme,”
Scene 3:
Macbeth’s reaction to s own intentions
“If good, why do I yield to that suggestion
Whose horrid image doth unfit my hair
And make my seated heart knock at my ribs
Against the use of nature?”
Scene 3:
Macbeth mentions murder
“My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical,”
Scene 3:
Macbeth lies to Banquo about what he was thinking about
“My dull brain was wrought
With things forgotten,”
Scene 5:
Lady Macbeth says to let her guide the night
“You shall put
This night’s great business into my dispatch,”
Scene7:
Macbeth gives two reasons for King Duncan to trust him
“He’s here in double trust,
First, as I am his kinsman and his subject-
Strong both against the deed; then, as his host,
Who should against the murderer shut the door,
Not bear the knife myself,”
Scene 7:
Macbeth realises his tragic flaw
“I have no spur
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself
And falls on the other,”
Scene 7:
Macbeth tells lady that he’s backed out on the plan
“We will proceed no further in this business,”
