Macbeth Quotes Flashcards
William Shakespeare
‘my dearest…’
‘my dearest partner of greatness’
- Macbeth
- Act 1
‘Yet I do fear thy…’
‘Yet I do fear thy milk is too full o’ the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way’
- Lady Macbeth
- Act 1
‘Double double..’
‘Double double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble’
- The Witches
‘To be thus…’
‘To be thus is nothing but to be safely thus’
- Macbeth
‘Is this the dagger…’
‘Is this the dagger I see before me, the handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee’
- Macbeth
- Act 2
‘O valiant cousin…’
‘O valiant cousin, worthy gentleman’
- King Duncan
- Act 1
‘So foul and fair…’
‘So foul and fair a day I have not seen’
- Macbeth
- Act 1
‘The instruments…’
‘The instruments of darkness tell us truths; win us with honest trifles, to betray in deepest consequence’
- Banquo
- Act 1
‘Whose horrid image…’
‘Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair. And make my seated heart knock at my ribs’
- Macbeth
- Act 1
‘Come you spirits…’
‘Come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here’
- Lady Macbeth
- Act 1
‘Look like the…’
‘Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t’
- Lady Macbeth
- Act 1
‘Have pluck’d my…’
‘Have pluck’d my nipple from its boneless gums and dash’d the brains out’
- Lady Macbeth
- Act 1
‘Or art thou but…’
‘Or art thou but a dagger of the mind, a false creation preceding from the heat oppressed brain’
- Macbeth
- Act 2
‘Will all great Neptune’s…’
‘Will all great Neptune’s oceans wash this blood clean from my hand’
- Lady Macbeth
- Act 2
‘A little…’
‘A little water clears us of this deed’
- Lady Macbeth
- Act 2
