Macbeth Evil Quotes Flashcards

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1
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Lady Macbeth says about the messenger:

‘The ____ himself is ____ that ____ the ____ entrance of Duncan’

What Act?

A

‘The raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan’

Act 1 Scene 5

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Lady Macbeth says:

‘Come, ____ night, and ____ thee in the ____ ____ __ ____,’

What Act?

A

‘Come, thick night, and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell,’

Act 1 Scene 5

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Q

Macduff says just after Duncan’s dead body is discovered:

‘The ____ ____ image!’

What Act?

A

‘The great doom’s image!’

Act 2 Scene 3

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What Macduff’s son says before he is killed to show his innocence:

‘What is a ____?’

What Act?

A

‘What is a traitor?’

Act 4 scene 2

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Macduff says with Malcolm:

‘New ____ howl, new ____ ____, new ____ strike ____ on the ____,’

What Act?

A

‘New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows strike heaven on the face,’

Act 4 Scene 3

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Malcolm says about Macbeth:

‘This ____, whose sole ____ ____ our ____,’

What Act?

A

‘This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues,’

Act 4 Scene 3

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Malcolm says about Macbeth:

‘To offer up a ____ ____ ____ lamb to ____ an ____ ___.’

What Act?

A

‘To offer up a weak poor innocent lamb to appease an angry god.’

Act 4 Scene 3

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Q

Macduff says about Scotland:

‘____, ____, poor country!’

What Act?

A

Bleed, bleed, poor country!’

Act 4 Scene 3

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Malcolm says about Scotland:

‘It ____, it ____; and each new day a ____ is ____ to her ____:’

What Act?

A

‘It weeps, it bleeds; and each new day a gash is added to her wounds:’

Act 4 Scene 3

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Macduff says about Macbeth:

‘Of ____ ____ can come a ____ more ____ in ____ to top Macbeth.’

What Act?

A

‘Of horrid hell can come a devil more damn’d in evils to top Macbeth.’

Act 4 Scene 3

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Ross says about Scotland:

‘Alas, poor country! Almost ____ to ____ itself. It cannot be call’d our ____, but our ____;’

What Act?

A

‘Alas, poor country! Almost afraid to know itself. It cannot be call’d our mother, but our grave;’

Act 4 Scene 3

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When Ross tells Macduff his family have been murdered:

‘your wife and babes ____ ____:’

What Act?

A

‘your wife and babes savagely slaughter’d:’

Act 4 Scene 3

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Macduff talking about his dead family:

‘All my ____ ones? Did you say ____? O hell-kite! ____? What, all my ____ ____ and their ____ at one ____ ____?’

What Act?

A

‘All my pretty ones? Did you say all? O hell-kite! All? What, all my pretty chickens and their dam at one fell swoop?’

Act 4 Scene 3

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