Macbeth Quotes Flashcards
The Weird Sisters claim ‘Fair is ___ and foul is ____’
‘Fair is foul and foul is fair’
What does ‘Fair is foul and foul is fair’ introduce
The idea that nothing is as it seems
The Witches state ‘When the battle’s ______________’
‘When the battle’s lost and won’
What does ‘When the battle’s lost and won’ truely mean?
Although the battle may of been won it comes at a greater cost in the long term
Duncan described Macbeth as ‘_____’ and ‘_____’
Duncan described Macbeth as ‘brave’ and ‘valiant’
Banquo is suspicious and questions his own sanity - he asks ‘______________’
Banquo is suspicious and questions his own sanity - he asks ‘have we eaten on the insane root’
Banquo warns that the Witches ‘____________________’
Banquo warns that the Witches ‘Win us with honest trifles - to betrays’
What does ‘Win us with honest trifles - to betrays’ tell us that Macbeth knows?
That the witches are telling the truth, but he’s also aware that they’re manipulating Macbeth and himself
Banquo labels the Witches as ‘__________________’
Banquo labels the Witches as ‘instruments of darkness’
Macbeths says the Witches ‘_________________’
Macbeths says the Witches ‘Cannot be ill, cannot be good’
The encounter with the Witches leaves Macbeth ‘________’
The encounter with the Witches leaves Macbeth ‘rapt withal’
Macbeth being left ‘rapt withal’ infers he is….
Spellbound by the predictions but he’s also scared by the powerful ambition that the Witches have awakened in him
The Witches tell Banquo he is ‘_____________________’
The Witches tell Banquo he is ‘lesser than Macbeth and greater’
What does it mean when the Witches tell Banquo he is ‘lesser than Macbeth and greater’?
Banquo is greater because he isn’t driven by greed or ambition yet he is lesser as he won’t go as far due to his lack of ambition and greed
The Witches tell Banquo he will be ‘_______________________’
The Witches tell Banquo he will be ‘not so happy, yet much happier’
