macbeth character quotes

Question 1

“For brave… (act 1)

Answer 1

Macbeth- well he deserves that name”

Question 2

“O valiant…. (act 1)

Answer 2

cousin! worthy gentleman” (Duncan)

Question 3

“what he hath lost… (act 1)

Answer 3

noble Macbeth hath won” (Duncan)

Question 4

“so foul and fair… (act 1)

Answer 4

a day I have not seen” (Macbeth)

Question 5

Stay, you imperfect… (act 1)

Answer 5

speakers, tell me more” (Macbeth)

Question 6

“whose horrid image… (act 1)

Answer 6

doth unfix my hair” (Macbeth)

Question 7

“and make my seated heart… (act 1)

Answer 7

knock at my ribs, against the use of nature? present fears are less than horrible imaginings” (Macbeth)

Question 8

“whose murder yet is… (act 1)

Answer 8

fantastical” (Macbeth)

Question 9

“the service and the loyalty… (act 1)

Answer 9

in doing it pays itself (Macbeth)

Question 10

“stars, hide your fires… (act 1)

Answer 10

let not light see my black and deep desires” (Macbeth)

Question 11

“the eye wink at the hand… (act 1)

Answer 11

yet let that be, which the eye fears, when it is done, to see” (Macbeth)

Question 12

“shall blow the horrid… (act 1)

Answer 12

deed in every eye, that tears shall drown the wind” (Macbeth)

Question 13

“He hath honoured me…. (act 1)

Answer 13

of late and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people” (Macbeth)

Question 14

“I dare do all that may become a man… (act 1)

Answer 14

who dares do more is none” (Macbeth)

Question 15

“Is this a dagger… (act 2)

Answer 15

which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?” (Macbeth)

Question 16

“a dagger of the mind.. (act 2)

Answer 16

a false creation, proceeding from the heat- oppressed brain” (Macbeth)

Question 17

“bloody business… (act 2)

Answer 17

• “nature seems dead”
• “wicked dreams abuse” (Macbeth)

Question 18

“the curtain’d… (act 2)

Answer 18

sleep; witchcraft celebrates” (Macbeth)

Question 19

“whose howl’s his watch… (act 2)

Answer 19

thus with his stealthy pace. With Tarquin’s ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost” (Macbeth)

Question 20

“I go and it is done… (act 2)

Answer 20

the bell invites me. Hear it not Duncan; for it is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell” (Macbeth)

Question 21

“I have done the deed…” (act 2)

Answer 21

Didst thou not hear a noise?” (Macbeth)

Question 22

“This is a sorry…

Answer 22

sight”

Question 23

“But wherefore could not I pronounce… (act 2)

Answer 23

Amen?” (Macbeth)

Question 24

“I am afraid to think… (act 2)

Answer 24

what I have done; look on’t again I dare not” (Macbeth)

Question 25

“Will all great Neptune’s…. (act 2)

Answer 25

ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?” (Macbeth)

Question 26

“No, this my hand will rather… (act 2)

Answer 26

The multitudinous seas in incarnadine, making the green one red” (Macbeth)

Question 27

“to be thus is… (act 3)

Answer 27

nothing: but to be safely thus” (Macbeth)

Question 28

“Banquo, thy soul’s flight… (act 3)

Answer 28

If it find Heaven, must find it out to-night” (Macbeth)

Question 29

“better be with the dead…. (act 3)

Answer 29

whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace” (Macbeth)

Question 30

than on the torture… (act 3)

Answer 30

of the mind to lie in restless ecstasy” (Macbeth)

Question 31

“and make our faces… (act 3)

Answer 31

vizards to our hearts, disguising what they are” (Macbeth)

Question 32

“O, full of scorpions… (act 3)

Answer 32

is my mind, dear wife!” (Macbeth)

Question 33

“Be innocent of the knowledge… (act 3)

Answer 33

dearest chuck, till thou applaud the deed” (Macbeth)

Question 34

“thy bones… (act 3)

Answer 34

are marrowless, thy blood is cold” (Macbeth)

Question 35

“never shake…. (act 3)

Answer 35

thy gory locks at me” (Macbeth)

Question 36

“we are yet… (act 3)

Answer 36

but young in deed” (Macbeth)

Question 37

“yet my heart throbs to know one thing… (act 4)

Answer 37

tell me, if your art can tell so much: shall Banquo’s issue ever reign in this kingdom?” (Macbeth)

Question 38

“I will be satisfied: deny me this… (act 4)

Answer 38

and an eternal curse fall on you!” (Macbeth)

Question 39

“Time, thou… (act 4)

Answer 39

anticipatest my dread exploits” (Macbeth)

Question 40

“The castle of Macduff…. (act 4)

Answer 40

I will surprise” (Macbeth)

Question 41

“Seize upon Fife… (act 4)

Answer 41

give to the edge of the sword His wife, his babes and all unfortunate souls that trace him in his line” (Macbeth)