Macbeth Quotes Flashcards
“fair is foul, and foul is fair.”
“It is a peerless kinsman.”
“Leave all the rest to me.”
- “Heaven’s breath Smells wooingly here.”
“When you durst do it, then you were a man.”
“The instruments of darkness tell us truths”
Theme of evilness
Trusting the witches will lead to consequences
Foreshadows what’s going to happen later on in the play
“For brave Macbeth, he deserves that name”
Indirect characterisation
Contrast to how he is later in the play
“look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it”
Putting on a facade
Juxtaposition
Links to sin from creation story (Genesis)
“When you durst do it, then you were a man”
Lady Macbeth emasculating Macbeth
“Come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here”
Taking away femininity so she can kill Duncan
Atypical of a woman in the Jacobean era
Becoming more like the witches (talking to spirits)
Hail, king of scotland
“Behold where stands the usurper’s cursed head.”
“Turn, hell-hound, turn!”
