Macbeth Quotes

Question 1

So foul and fair a ___ seen

Answer 1

So foul and fair a day I have not seen

Fate and Free Will

Question 2

Stars hide your fire, ___ and deep desires

Answer 2

Stars hide your fire, let not light see my black and deep desires
Act 1 Scene 4

Juxtaposition between light and black shows Macbeth’s inner conflict and that he is not yet full corrupted

Ambition, Macbeth wanted to hide his ambition as he felt

Supernatural, the evil influence of the witches cause Macbeth’s ambition which was the reason to his downfall

Question 3

I dare do all ____ a man.

Answer 3

I dare do all that may become a man”.

Gender

Lady Macbeth tells him he looks green and pale, which during the time was signs of anemia, a disease typically for young, virgin girls. He replies saying he is a man.

Question 4

I am in blood stepped ___

Answer 4

I am in blood stepped so far

Question 5

Vaulting ____

Answer 5

Vaulting ambition which o’erleaps

When someone’s ambition becomes too great, they may overreach or take dangerous risks, which ultimately result in their own downfall or destruction.

Question 6

False face must hide ___

Answer 6

“False face must hide what the false heart doth know.”
Act 1 Scene 7

Appearance vs Reality

Fricative Alliteration

A deceptive or dishonest person must conceal their true intentions or feelings behind a mask of falsehood.

Question 7

Secret, black and ___

Answer 7

Secret, black and midnight hags
Act 4 Scene 1

Rule of three, use of such adjectives show how Macbeth is now a shadow of his former self

Ambition, Macbeth’s ambitions become so great that he wants to control his future

Links to James I’s book daemonology showing how Macbeth is no longer noble as he was before and is corrupted

Question 8

“Ty___”

Answer 8

Tyrant

Juxtaposes the description he was given at the beginning of the play as “valiant”

Reflects the depth of his hamartia

Could be used to show a Victorian audience the consequences of straying away from God.