Macbeth Quotes

Question 1

Act 1
For _____ Macbeth- well he _______ that name

Answer 1

For brave Macbeth- well he deserves that name

Question 2

Act 1
The instruments of ________ tell us ______ (Banquo)

Answer 2

Act 1
The instruments of darkness tell us truths (Banquo)

Question 3

Act 1
Fair is ____ and foul is ____ (_______)

Answer 3

Fair is foul and foul is fair (witches)

Question 4

“Look like the innocent __ but be the __ underneath” (lady macbeth)

Answer 4

“Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent underneath” (lady macbeth)

Question 5

Act 1
Cannot be ill, cannot be _____, if ill then why hath it given me the earnest of _______ commencing in a ____ (Macbeth)

Answer 5

Act 1
Cannot be ill, cannot be good, if I’ll then why hath it given me the earnest of success commencing in a truth (Macbeth)

Question 6

Act 1
When you _____ do it, then you were a ___ (Lady Macbeth to Macbeth)

Answer 6

Act 1
When you durst do it, then you were a man (Lady Macbeth to Macbeth)

Question 7

Act 1 Is too full o’ the ____ of human ________ (Lady Macbeth)

Answer 7

Is too full o’ the milk of human kindness (Lady Macbeth)

Question 8

Act 1
Art not without ________ but without the _______ should ______ it (Lady Macbeth)

Answer 8

Act 1
Art not without ambition but without the illness should attend it (Lady Macbeth)

Question 9

Act 1
That I may ____ my _______ in thine ___ and chastise with the valour of my ______ (Lady Macbeth to Macbeth)

Answer 9

Act 1
That I may pour my spirits in thine ear and chastise with the valour of my tongue (Lady Macbeth to Macbeth)

Question 10

We will not _______ further in this ________ (_______)

Answer 10

We will not proceed further in this business (Macbeth)

Question 11

Act 1
Stars hide your _____ let not _____ see my ______ and deep _______ (Macbeth)

Answer 11

Act 1
Stars hide you fires let not light see my black and deep desired (Macbeth)

Question 12

Act 1
Look like the ________ ______ but be the _______ under ‘t (Macbeth)

Answer 12

Act 1
Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under ‘t (Macbeth)

Question 13

Act 2
Is this a ______ which I ___ before me (Macbeth)

Answer 13

Act 2
Is this a dagger which I see before me (Macbeth)

Question 14

Act 2
Will all ________ _____ wash this _____ off my hands (Macbeth)

Answer 14

Act 2
Will all Neptune’s ocean wash this blood of my hands (Macbeth)

Question 15

Act 2
A little ______ clears us of this _____ (Lady Macbeth)

Answer 15

Act 2
A little waster clears us of this deed (Lady Macbeth)

Question 17

Act 1 “The __ himself is __ hoarse that croaks the __ fatal entrance of __ under my battlement” (lady macbeth)

Answer 17

“The raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of duncan under my battlement” (lady macbeth)

Question 18

Act 1 “Come you __, that tend on mortal thoughts, __ me here” (lady macbeth)

Answer 18

“Come you spirits, that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here” (lady macbeth)

Question 19

“All the perfumes of __ will not __ this little hand” (lady macbeth)

Answer 19

“All the perfumes of arabia will not sweeten this little hand” (lady macbeth)

This is a comtrast as to when she was commanding and emasculating
“Perfume” is used to mask scents much like lady macbeth is attempting to mask her guilt

Question 20

“O full of __ is my mind, dear __” (macbeth)

Answer 20

“O full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife” (macbeth)

Question 21

“My __ is too much charged with __ of thine already” (__ before his fight with macduff)

Answer 21

“My soul is too much charged with blood of thine already” (macbeth before his fight with macduff)

Question 22

What is macbeths hamartia

Answer 22

His unchecked ambition

Question 23

What methods does Shakespeare use

Answer 23

Foreshadowing irony
Motifs :Sleep blood hallucinations light and dark