Macbeth Quotes Flashcards
Scorpions -Macbeth A3S2
“O, full of scorpions in my mind, dear wife!”
- Metaphor explaining that his guilty conscience is attacking him.
- Simile saying he would rather deal with dangerous animals then banquos ghost
Captain describes Macbeth in scene 2
“Brave Macbeth”
-Macbeth has a great reputation at the start of the play
‘Sleep no…’
Macbeth A2S2
“Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep.”
‘As his host…’
Macbeth A1S7
“As his host, who should against his murderer shut the door”
‘Macbeth doth…’
Macbeth A2S2
“Macbeth doth murder sleep”
“When you…”
Lady Macbeth A1S7
“When you durst do it, then you were a man”
LMB is manipulating her husband by speaking of his manhood
Macbeth hallucinating
“Is this a dagger I see before me?” -Act 2 Scene 1
- soliloquie
- symbolises the impending murder
- lust and greed dragged him to commit regicide
Banquo about the witches
A3S1
“The weird woman promised”
“Amen”
Macbeth A2S2
.me a Beth can’t say amen because he has just committed a sin and betrayed god, therefore he cannot say the word
‘Fair is..’
Act1Scene1
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair”
- oxymoron
- Shakespeares message is that what is considered good is in facts bad and vise versa
Full Unsex me here quote
Act1scene5
“Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here”
Flower/serpent
Lady Macbeth A1S5
“Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t”
Human kindness
Lady MB about MB, A1S5
“It is too full o’ the milk of human kindness”
Perfumes of Arabia quote
Lady MB A5S1
“All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.”
‘If chance will…’
Macbeth A1S3
“If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me.”
