Macbeth Quotations Act 3

Question 1

Act3 Scene 1: Banquo: becomes suspicious of Mac and his methods for his fortune coming true

Answer 1

“Thou hast it now: King, Cawdor, Glamis, all,
As the weird women promised, and, I fear,
Thou play’dst most foully for’t”

Question 2

Act3 Scene1: Banquo: this makes him hope-full the his professy of his sons becoming kings will become kings

Answer 2

“Why, by the verities on thee made good,
May they not be my oracles as well,
And set me up in hope?”

Question 3

Act3 Scene1: Macbeth: to be king is nothing unless the crown is secure

Answer 3

“ To be thus is nothing;
But to be safely thus.”

Question 4

Act3 Scene1: Macbeth:

Answer 4

“There is none but he
Whose being I do fear.”

Answer 5

“They hailed him father to a line of kings:
Upon my head they place a fruitless crown,”

Question 6

Act3 Scene1: Macbeth:

Answer 6

“If ’t be so,
For Banquo’s issue have I filed my mind ;
For them the gracious Duncan have I murdered;
Put rancours in the vessel of my peace
Only for them

Question 7

Act3 Scene1: Macbeth: to the two murders telling them to kill Banquo

Answer 7

“Both of you
Know Banquo was your enemy.”

Question 8

Act3 Scene1: Macbeth: that he has decided now to kill Banquo and that his soul will go to heaven then it will find out tonight

Answer 8

“It is concluded. Banquo, thy soul’s flight,
If it find heaven, must find it out tonight.”

Question 9

Act3 Scene2: lady Macbeth: isn’t as happy as she thought she would be as queen

Answer 9

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.”