macbeth quotes

Question 1

Macbeth’s paranoia: “To be ____ is _______ / But to be ______ ____. - Our fears in _____ _____ ____” Act 3 scene 1

Answer 1

“To be thus is nothing / But to be safely thus. - Our fears in Banquo stick deep” Act 3 Scene 1

Question 2

Macbeth’s paranoia: “They [the witches] hail’d him [Banquo] to a ____ of _____ / Upon my ____ they placed _ _________ _____ / And put a ______ _______ in my ____” Act 3 Scene 1

Answer 2

“They [the witches] hail’d him [Banquo] to a line of kings / Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown / And put a barren sceptre in my gripe” Act 3 Scene 1

Question 3

Macbeth’s paranoia: “We have ______‘_ ___ ______ [Banquo], not ____‘_ it [Fleance]” Act 3 scene 2

Answer 3

Mazbeth’s paranoia: “We have scotch’d the snake [Banquo], not kill’d it [Fleance]” Act 3 scene 2

Question 4

Macbeth’s paranoia: “O, ____ __ _________ __ __ ____, dear wife!” Act 3 scene 2

Answer 4

“O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!” Act 3 scene 2

Question 5

Macbeth’s paranoia: “It will have _____; they say, _____ ____ ____ _____” Act 3 scene 4

Answer 5

“It will have blood; they say, blood will have blood” Act 3 scene 4

Question 6

Macbeth’s paranoia: “now I am _____‘, _____‘, ________, bound in / To _____ doubts and ______.” Act 3, scene 4

Answer 6

“now I am cabin’d, cribb’d, confined, bound in / To saucy doubts and fears.” Act 3, scene 4

Question 7

Macbeth’s paranoia: “there ___ _____ _______ ____ [Banquo]; the ____ that’s ____ [Fleance] / Hath nature that in ____ will _____ _____” Act 3 scene 4

Answer 7

“there the grown serpent lies [Banquo]; the worm that’s fled [Fleance] / Hath nature that in time will venom breed” Act 3 scene 4

Question 8

Macbeth as a noble/brave warrior: “_______‘_ __________” (Ross) Act 1 scene 2

Answer 8

“Bellona’s bridegroom” (Ross) Act 1 scene 2

Question 9

Macbeth as a noble/brave warrior: “_____ _______ - well he ________ that name - / Disdaining _______, with his ________‘_ _____ / smoked with ______ _________” (Sergeant) Act 1 scene 2

Answer 9

“Brave Macbeth - well he deserves that name - / Disdaining fortune, with his brandish’d steel / smoked with bloody execution” (Sergeant) Act 1 scene 2

Question 10

Macbeth as a noble/brave warrior: “As ________ ______, or the ____ the ____.” (Sergeant) Act 1 scene 2

Answer 10

“As sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion.” Sergeant, Act 1 scene 2

Question 11

Macbeth as a noble/brave warrior: “They have _____ __ to a _____; I cannot ___, / But, ____-____, I must _____ the course. What’s he / That was ___ ____ of _____? Such a ___ am I to ____, or ____.” Macbeth, Act 5, scene 6

Answer 11

“They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly, / But, bear-like, I must fight the course. What’s he / That was not born of woman? Such a one am I to fear, or none.” Macbeth, Act 5, scene 6

Question 12

Macbeth as a noble/brave warrior: “Why should I ____ ___ _____ ____, and die on ____ ___ _____? whiles I see _____, the ______ do ______ ____ ____.” Macbeth, Act 5 scene 8

Answer 12

“Why should I play the Roman fool, and die on mine own sword? whiles I see lives, the gashes do better upon them.” Macbeth, Act 5 scene 8

Question 13

Macbeth’s fear of killing the king/feelings of conscience: “Why do I yield to that ___________ whose ______ _____ doth _____ __ ____ and ____ __ ______ ____ _____ at my ribs, against the use of ______?” Act 1, scene 3

Answer 13

“Why do I yield to that suggestion whose horrid image doth unfix my hair and make my seated heart knock at my ribs, against the use of nature?” Act 1, scene 3

Question 14

Macbeth’s fear of killing the king/feelings of conscience: “My thought, whose ______ yet is but ___________ shakes so __ ______ ____ __ ___ that _______ is _______‘_ in surmise” Act 1 scene 3

Answer 14

“My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical shakes so my single state of man that function is smother’d in surmise” Act 1 scene 3

Question 15

Macbeth’s fear of killing the king/feelings of conscience: “we but teach ______ ____________, which, being taught, ______ __ ______ ___ _________” Act 1 scene 7

Answer 15

“we but teach bloody instructions, which, being taught, return to plague the inventor” Act 1 scene 7

Question 16

Macbeth’s fear of killing the king/feelings of conscience: “Prithee, peace / I ____ __ ___ ____ ___ _______ _ ___.” Act 1 scene 7 (directed to LM)

Answer 16

“Prithee, peace / I dare do all that may become a man.” Act 1 scene 7 (directed to LM)

Question 17

Macbeth’s cruelty: “safe in a ______ he [Banquo] bides, with ______ ________ ______ __ ___ ____” (Murderer, Act 3 scene 4)

Answer 17

“safe in a ditch he [Banquo} bides, with twenty trenches gashes on his head” (Murderer, Act 3 scene 4)

Question 18

Macbeth’s cruelty: “give to the ____ _’ the _____ his ____, his _____, and all __________ _____ That trace him __ ___ ____.” (Macbeth, Act 4, scene 1)

Answer 18

“give to the edge o’ the sword his wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls That trace him in his line.” (Macbeth, Act 4, scene 1)

Question 19

Macbeth’s cruelty: “I have ____‘_ ____ ____ _______; direness, familiar to my ____________ ________ cannot once _____ me.” (Act 4 scene 5)

Answer 19

“I have supp’d full with horrors; direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts cannot once start me.” (Act 4 scene 5)

Question 20

Macbeth’s ambition: “____, you _________ speakers, tell me ____” (Act 1, scene 3, to witches probably)

Answer 20

“stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more” (Act 1, scene 3, to witches probably)

Question 21

Macbeth’s ambition: “The Prince of Cumberland! that is a ____ __ which I must ____ ____, or else _‘______, for in __ ___ it lies. _____, hide ____ _____; let not _____ see my _____ ___ ____ _______” (Act 1, scene 4)

Answer 21

“The Prince of Cumberland! that is a step on which I must fall down, or else o’erleap, for in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires” (Act 1, scene 4)

Question 22

Macbeth’s ambition: “I have no ____ / To _____ the side of my ______, but only / ________ ________, which o’erleaps itself / And _____ on the _____.” (Act 1 scene 7)

Answer 22

“I have no spur / To prick the side of my intent, but only / Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself / And falls on the other.” (Act 1 scene 7)

Question 23

LM’s manipulation of M: “Hie thee hither / That I may ____ __ _______ in _____ ___” (LM, Act 1 scene 5)

Answer 23

” Hie thee hither / That I may pour my spirits in thine ear” (LM, Act 1 scene 5)

Question 24

LM’s manipulation of M: “Wouldst thou have ____ / which thou ______‘__ the ________ of ___ / And live a ______ in _____ own ______” (Act 1 scene 7)

Answer 24

“Wouldst thou have that / which thou esteem’st the ornament of life / And live a coward in thine own esteem” (Act 1 scene 7)

Question 25

LM's manipulation of M: "When you _____ __ __, then you ____ _ ___" (Act 1 scene 7)

Answer 25

"When you **durst do it**, then you **were a man**" (Act 1 scene 7)

Question 26

LM's manipulation of M: "I would, while it was _______ in my ____ / Have _____'_ my ______ from his ________ ____ / And ____'_ the ______ ___, had I so sworn as ___ / Have ____ to this." (Act 1 scene 7)

Answer 26

"I would, while it was **smiling** in my **face** / Have **pluck'd** my **nipple** from his **boneless gums** / And **dash'd** the **brains out**, had I so sworn as **you** / Have **done** to this." (Act 1 scene 7)

Question 27

LM's belief that M is weak: "yet do I fear thy ______ / It is ___ ____ _' the ____ of ______ ________ / To _____ the nearest way" (Act 1 scene 5)

Answer 27

"yet do I fear thy **nature** / It is **too full o**' the **milk** of **human kindness** / To **catch** the nearest way" (Act 1 scene 5)

Question 28

LM's belief that M is weak: "thou wouldst be _____; / Art not without ________, but _______ / The _______ should ______ __" (Act 1 scene 4)

Answer 28

"thou wouldst be **great**; / Art not without **ambition**, but **without** / The **illness** should **attend it**" (Act 1 scene 4)

Question 29

LM's belief that M is weak: "______ of _______!" (Act 2 scene 2)

Answer 29

"**Infirm** of **purpose**!" (Act 2 scene 2)

Question 30

LM's belief that M is weak: "My hands are __ ____ ______; but I _____ / To ____ _ _____ __ ____." (Act 2 scene 2)

Answer 30

"My hands are **of your colour**; but I **shame** / To **wear a heart so white**." (Act 2 scene 2)

Question 31

LM's ambition: "fill me ____ the _____ to the ___ ___-____ / Of _____ ______! make thick my _____ / Stop up the ______ and _______ to _______" (Act 1 scene 5)

Answer 31

"fill me **from** the **crown** to the **toe top-full** / Of **direst cruelty**! make thick my **blood** / Stop up the **access** and **passage** to **remorse**" (Act 1 scene 5)

Question 32

LM's ambition: "Come to my _____'_ _______ / And take my ____ ___ ____" (Act 1 scene 5)

Answer 32

"Come to my **woman's breasts** / And take my **milk for gall**" (Act 1 scene 5)

Question 33

LM's ambition: "Come, you spirits / That ____ on ______ ________, _____ me here" (Act 1 scene 5)

Answer 33

"Come, you spirits / That **tend** on **mortal thoughts, unsex** me here" (Act 1 scene 5)

Question 34

LM's ambition: "You shall ___ / This night's _____ ________ into my ________ / Which shall to ___ our ______ ___ _____ to come / Give solely _________ ____ and _________." (Act 1 scene 4)

Answer 34

"You shall **put** / This night's **great business** into my **dispatch** / Which shall to **all** our **nights and days** to come / Give solely **sovereign sway** and **masterdom**." (Act 1 scene 4)

Question 35

LM's madness: "It is an __________ ______ with her, to seem thus _______ ___ _____" (Gentlewoman, Act 5 scene 1)

Answer 35

"It is an **accustomed action** with her, to seem thus **washing her hands**" (Gentlewoman, Act 5 scene 1)

Question 36

LM's madness: "Out, ______ ____! out, I say! -- ____ __ _____!" (Act 5 scene 1)

Answer 36

"Out, **damned spot**! out, I say! -- **Hell is murky**!" (Act 5 scene 1)

Question 37

LM's madness: "What, will these _____ __'__ __ _____?" (Act 5 scene 1)

Answer 37

"What, will these **hands ne'er be clean**?" (Act 5 scene 1)

Question 38

LM's madness: "More needs she ___ ______ than ___ _________." (Doctor, act 5 scene 1)

Answer 38

"More needs she **the divine** than **the physician**." (Doctor, act 5 scene 1)

Question 39

LM's madness: "If thou couldst, doctor, ____ / The _____ of my ____, find her _______ / And _____ it to a _____ ___ ________ ______" (Act 5 scene 3)

Answer 39

"If thou couldst, doctor, **cast** / The **water** of my **land**, find her **disease** / And **purge** it to a **sound and pristine health**" (Act 5 scene 3)

Question 40

The supernatural: