Macbeth Quotations v2 Flashcards
When manipulating him, Lady Macbeth tells her husband
But screw your courage to the sticking-place
And we’ll not fail
When seeing Banquo’s ghost, Macbeth cries out
Thou canst not say I did it: never shake
Thy gory locks at me.
Expressing her unhappiness in a soliloquy, Lady Macbeth says
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.
Before being slain by Macbeth, Young Siward says
The devil himself could not pronounce a title
More hateful to mine ear.
The first time Macbeth is mentioned in the play, he is described as
brave Macbeth - well he deserves that name
Lady Macbeth calls Duncan’s spilled blood
this filthy witness
Lady Macbeth acknowledges that if they were to think about murdering Duncan they would go insane, saying
These deeds must not be thought
After these ways: so, it will make us mad.
Lady Macbeth imagines blood on her hands in a dream, crying out
Out, damned spot! Out, I say!
Lady Macbeth questions whether or not she will ever be freed of her guilt, by asking in a dream
What, will these hands ne’er be clean?
Lady Macbeth assures her husband that their guilt can be easily lost, by telling him
A little water clears us of this deed
The Doctor comments on corrupt acts leading to the corruption of the mind when he sees Lady Macbeth sleepwalking, saying
unnatural deeds
Do breed unnatural troubles: infected minds
To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets
Macbeth is highly praised initially, named
noble Macbeth
Lady Macbeth breaks down the social order during the banquet, telling the lords to
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Lady Macbeth grows distant from and formal towards Macbeth as the play progresses, calling him
my lord
Macbeth seems humbled when the Doctor tells him of his wife’s condition, saying
Canst thou minister to a mind diseased?
