Macbeth Quotations Flashcards
Give some quotations that demonstrate Lady Macbeth’s power over Macbeth in Act 1
“That I may pour my spirits in thine ear”
“Leave all the rest to me”
Give some quotations that show Lady Macbeth is manipulative
“When you durst do it, then you were a man”
“ plucked my nipple from it’s boneless gums”, explaining what she would do there by manipulating Macbeth to be more like her
Give some quotations to demonstrate Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s contrasting views/ guilt on the murder they have committed using blood as a symbol
Lady Macbeth “ a little water clears us of this deed”, Act 2 scene 2
Macbeth “ was this blood clean from my hand? No”, Act 2 scene 2
Give some quotations that show Lady Macbeth’s ambition/ ruthlessness
“Unsex me here and fill me … of direst cruelty” Act 1 scene 5
“Dash’d the brains out, has I so sworn” Act 1 scene 7
Give an example of when Shakespeare uses irony
“It will make us mad”, Lady Macbeth, who does go mad in the end
“This Castle hath a pleasant seat “, king Duncan, which is talking about where he will be killed as the audience already knows
Give a key question from Act 3 scene 2 that displays vivid imagery of Macbeth’s feelings and thoughts using animals
“O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!”
How has the tables turned and possibly Macbeth become more powerful in Act 3? Give quotations
“Be innocent of the knowledge” , Macbeth is with holding knowledge from Lady Macbeth
“So prithee, go with me”, Macbeth is instructing her
This may be because now they are further in the plot Lady Macbeth is getting more worried and anxious like Macbeth was when they had first committed the murder
What is Macbeth’s hamartia? Give a quotation to support this
His fatal flaw is his unchecked ambition
“Vaulting ambition which o’erleaps itself”
What are the subverted gender roles in Macbeth, consider Lady Macbeth and Macbeth and give quotations to support this
Lady Macbeth is more manly as she would be able to “leave the rest to me” and wish to “unsex herself” and Macbeth sees this as he says “ bring forth men-children only “ implying that she is so manly she should produce only men.
Whereas Macbeth is, as called by Lady Macbeth “too full the milk of human kindness” , meaning that LM thinks M is weak and ‘women like’.
These are subverted gender roles as they are the opposites of what traits the general gender roles were thought to be in Elizabethan times.
“Pour my ____ into thine ___” quote ___
“Pour my spirits into thine ear” Lady Macbeth
”Too ___ of the ___ of human ____” quote ___
“Too full of the milk of human kindness” Lady Macbeth
“____ me here” quote ___
“Unsex me here” Lady Macbeth
“Make my ___ ____ “ quote
“Make my blood thick” Lady Macbeth
Act _ “Let not light see my ___ and ___ _____” quote ___
Act 1 “let light not see my black and deep desires” Macbeth
Act _ “art thou but/ a ______ of the ____” quote ____
Act 2 “art thou but/ a dagger of the mind” quote Macbeth
