Macbeth Quotes Flashcards
Macbeth
Yield
“Why do I yield to that suggestion, whose horrid image doth unfix my hair and make my seated heart knock against my ribs”
Shows that he immediately thinks of murder after the witches prophecy.
Macbeth
Brave
“Brave Macbeth” - the captain
Macbeth
Spur
“ I have no spur to prick the sides my intent, but only vaulting ambition which o’erleaps itself and falls on the other
Macbeth
Partner
“My noble partner”- banquo
Lady Macbeth
Unsex
“Unsex me here”
Lady Macbeth
Man?
“Are you a man?”
Lady Macbeth
Perfumes
“All perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand “
Lady Macbeth
Boneless gums
“I would, while it was smiling in my face, have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dashed his brains out, had I soo sworn as you have done to this”
Banquo
Root
“Eaten on the insane root, which takes the reason prisoner”
Banquo
Franchised
“My bosom franchised and allegiance clear”
Banquo
Foully
“ I fear thou play’dist most foully fort”
Witches
Fair
“Fair is foul and foul is fair”
Witches
Women
“For none of women born shall harm Macbeth”
Witches
Inhabitants
“Look not like the inhabitants o’ the earth, yet are on’t
Macduff
Man
“Feel it as a man”
