Macbeth quotes Flashcards
What is the first line of Macbeth?
When shall we three meet again?
Who says, ‘Out, out brief candle!’?
Macbeth
Fill in the blank: ‘Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my _____.’
hand
True or False: Lady Macbeth says, ‘Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t.’
True
Who is the speaker of the quote, ‘All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!’?
The Witches
Complete the quote: ‘Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and _____.’
cauldron bubble
What does Macbeth mean when he says, ‘I am in blood, stepped in so far’?
He feels trapped in his violent actions.
Fill in the blank: ‘Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, creeps in this petty _____.’
pace
Which character says, ‘I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition?’
Macbeth
What does Lady Macbeth mean by, ‘Unsex me here?’
She wants to rid herself of feminine weakness.
Fill in the blank: ‘Fair is foul, and foul is _____.’
fair
Who declares, ‘There’s daggers in men’s smiles?’
Donalbain
Complete the quote: ‘By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way _____.’
comes
True or False: ‘What’s done is done’ is spoken by Macbeth.
False
Who says, ‘A little water clears us of this deed’
Lady Macbeth
Fill in the blank: ‘Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o’ the _____.’
milk of human kindness
What is the context of the quote, ‘All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!’?
The Witches’ prophecy
Who is referred to when Macbeth says, ‘the prince of Cumberland!’?
Malcolm
Fill in the blank: ‘Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the _____.’
stage
Who states, ‘This is the very painting of your fear?’
Lady Macbeth
Complete the quote: ‘The sleeping and the dead are but as pictures; ‘tis the eye of _____ that fears.’
childhood
True or False: Macbeth claims, ‘I could not say ‘Amen’’ after killing Duncan.
True
Who says, ‘What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account?’
Macbeth
Fill in the blank: ‘You must leave this.’ ‘O! full of _____ is my mind.’
scorpions
