Macbeth Quotes Flashcards

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‘Stars, ____ ____ _____, Let not _____ see __ _____ and ____ _______.’ - Who says this? What act is it?

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‘Stars, hide your fires, Let not light see my black and deep desires.’ - Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 4

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‘Will all great ________ _____ wash this _____ _____ ____ __ ____?’ Who says this? What act is it?

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‘Will all great Neptune’s ocean was this blood clean from my hand?’ - Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 2

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‘It will have _____ they say: _____ ____ ____ _____.’ - Who says this? What act is it?

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‘It will have blood they say: blood will have blood.’ - Macbeth, Act 3 Scene 4

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‘Out, ___, _____ ______! Life’s but a _______ ______, a ____ _____, that struts and _____ his ____ ____ the _____ and then is heard no more.’ Who says this? What act is it?

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‘Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more.’ - Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 5

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‘Come you _______ that ____ __ ______ thoughts. _____ me here and fill me from _____ __ ___ full of ______ _______’ - Who says this? What act is it?

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‘Come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts. Unsex me here and fill me from crown to toe full of direst cruelty.’ - Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 5

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‘My hands are of ____ ______, but I shame to ____ _ _____ __ _____. A little _____ clears us of this deed.’ Who says this? What act is it?

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‘My hands are of your colour, but I shame to wear a heart so white. A little water clears us of this deed.’ - Lady Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 2

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‘Out, ______ ____! ____, I say! ____ is murky… The _____ of ____ had a ____: where is she now?’ - Who says this? What act is it?

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‘Out, damned spot! Out, I say! Hell is murky… The Thane of Fife had a wife: where is she now?’ - Lady Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 1

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‘Where shall we three ____ _____? In _______, _________, or in ____?’
When the __________ done, when the _______ lost and won…’
‘Fair is ____ and foul is ____.’ - Who says this? What act is it?

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‘Where shall we three meet again? In thunder, lighting, or in rain?’
‘When the hurly-burly’s done, when the battle’s lost and won…’
‘Fair is foul and foul is fair.’ - The witches, Act 1 Scene 1

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‘Is this a _____, which I see ______ __, the _____ toward my ____? Come, let me ______ ____.’ - Who says this? What act is it?

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‘Is this a dagger, which I see before me, the handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.’ - Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 1

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‘Thou canst not say _ ___ __. Never _____ thy ____ _____ at me.’
‘Sit, ______ friends. My lord is often ____ and ____ been from his ____. ____ you, keep seat.’ Who says this? What Act is it?

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‘Thou canst not say I did it. Never shake thy gory locks at me.’
‘Sit, worthy friends. My lord is often thus and hath been from his youth. Pray you, keep seat.’ - Macbeth (to Banquo’s ghost), Lady Macbeth, Act 3 Scene 4

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‘He has no _______. All my ______ ____? What, all my ______ _______.’ - Who says this? What act is it?

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‘He has no children. All my pretty ones? What, all my pretty chickens.’ - Macduff, Act 4, Scene 3

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‘Turn, _________, turn!’ - Who says this? What act is it?

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‘Turn, hellhound, turn!’ - Macduff, Act 5, Scene 8

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‘That myself shoould be the ____ and ______ of many _____.’ - Who says this? What act is it?

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‘That myself should be the root and father of many kings.’ - Banquo, Act 3 Scene 1

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‘Let your highness _______ upon me, to the which my ______ are with a most _________ tie ______ ____.’ - Who says this? What act is it?

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‘Let your highness command upon me, to the which my duties are with a most indissoluble tie forever knit.’ - Banquo, Act 3 Scene1

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‘I have begun to _____ ____, and will _____ to make thee ____ of _______.’ - Who says this? What act is it?

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‘I have begun to plant thee, and will labour to make thee full of growing.’ - Duncan, Act 1 Scene 3

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‘The dead _______ and his fiend-like ____.’ Who says this? What act is it?

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‘The dead butcher and his fiend-like queen.’ - Malcolm, Act 5 Scene 11

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‘_____ no more, Macbeth hath _________ sleep.’ - Who says this? What act is it?

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‘Sleep no more, Macbeth hath murdered sleep.’ - Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 2

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‘smoked with ______ execution’ - What’s this about?

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‘Smoked with bloody execution’ - Macbeth’s sword

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