Macbeth Key Quotes Flashcards

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‘____ is ____ and ____ is ____; hover through the ___ and ______ air”

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‘Fair is foul and foul is fair; hover through the fog and filthy air’

Supernatural

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‘_____ hide your _____; let not _____ see my _____ and ____ desires’

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‘Stars hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires’

Macbeth

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‘Come you _______, that tend on ______ thoughts. _____ me here, and fill me, from the _____ to the ___, top-full of direst ______’

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‘Come you spirits, that tend on mortal thoughts. Unsex me here, and fill me, from the crown to the toes, top-full of direst cruelty’

Supernatural; Lady Macbeth

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‘I have no ____, to _____ the sides of my intent, but only ________ ________ which o’_______ itself and falls on the other’

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‘I have no spur, to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition which o’erleaps itself and falls over on the other’

Ambition; Macbeth

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‘Will all great _______’_ ocean wash this _____ clean from my hand’

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‘Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand’

Macbeth

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‘I am in _____, _______ in so far’

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‘I am in blood, stepped in so far’

Guilt; Betreyal; Macbeth

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‘All the ________ of ______ will not sweeten this little hand’

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‘All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand’

Lady Macbeth; Guilt

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‘Look like the ________ ______, but be the _______ under’t’

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‘Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t’

Lady Macbeth; Betreyal

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‘It is too ____ o’ th’ ____ of human ________’

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‘It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness’

Lady Macbeth

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‘O, full of _________ is my ____, dear wife!’

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‘O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!’

Macbeth

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‘There is _______ in men’s ______’

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‘There is daggers in men’s smiles’

Macbeth

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‘Not without ________, but without the _______ should ______ it’

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‘Not without ambition, but without the illness should attend it’

Lady Macbeth; Ambition

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“_____ ______ - well he deserves that name”

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“Brave Macbeth - well he deserves that name”

Macbeth

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“When thou dust do it, then you were a ___”

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“When thou dust do it, then you were a man”

Lady Macbeth; Gender

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“___, out brief ______! Life’s but a walking ______”

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“Out, out brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow”

Lady Macbeth; Supernatural

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“What ______ man is that?”

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“What bloody man is that?”

Witches; Supernatural

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“______, double toil and _______: fire burn, and ________ bubble”

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“Double, double toil and trouble: fire burn, and cauldron bubble”

Withces; Supernatural

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“Never ____ thy ___ ___at me”

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“Never shake thy gory locks at me”

Macbeth; Superatural

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“I dreamt last night of the _____ ____ _______”

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“I dreamt last night of the three weird sisters”

Banquo; Supernatural

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“____ Banquo”

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“Noble Banquo”

Banquo

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“art not without ________, but without the ____ should attend it”

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“art not without ambition, but without the illness should attend it”

Lady Macbeth; Ambition