Macbeth Quotations Flashcards
What is our initial impression of Macbeth?
‘For brave Macbeth—well he deserves that name’
What does Lady Macbeth say to her husband when questioning his manhood?
‘But screw your courage to the sticking-place,
And we’ll not fail.’
What does Macbeth say when envisioning a dagger, before he murders Duncan?
‘Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible
To feeling as to sight?’
What does Lady Macbeth snap at her husband when he mourns his murder of Duncan?
‘A foolish thought, to say a sorry sight.’
What does Macbeth say, in denial, when he sees Banquo’s ghost at the banquet?
‘Thou canst not say I did it: never shake
Thy gory locks at me.’
What does Lady Macbeth say at the banquet that breaks down the social order?
‘Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.’
What does Macbeth say rather arrogantly when the witches tell him about the forest moving?
‘That will never be’
What does Macbeth’s kingdom think of him when he is slain?
‘The devil himself could not pronounce a title
More hateful to mine ear.’
What does Macbeth say at the very end, showing genuine courage?
‘Yet I will try the last.’
What does Lady Macbeth say about insanity to her husband after murdering Duncan?
‘These deeds must not be thought
After these ways; so, it will make us mad.’
What does Lady Macbeth say about blood and water just after murdering Duncan?
‘Go get some water,
And wash this filthy witness from your hand.’
What does Lady Macbeth say to express her discontent with her new life?
‘Nought’s had, all’s spent,
Where our desire is got without content:
‘Tis safer to be that which we destroy
Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.’
What does Lady Macbeth cry out to her dream blood spots?
‘Out, damned spot! out, I say!’
What question does Lady Macbeth ask herself in a dream?
‘What, will these hands ne’er be clean?’
What does Macbeth say upon hearing about Lady Macbeth’s death?
‘She should have died hereafter’
