Macbeth quotes

Question 1

Scene 1 Act 1 The three witches ‘Fair is …..

Answer 1

Fair is foul, and foul is fair

Question 2

Sergeant/captain

Answer 2

but all’s too weak; for brave Macbeth, - well he deserves that name,-disdaining fortune, with his bandish’d steel, which smok’d with blood execution

Question 3

Duncan ‘no more that thane of Cawdor …….

Answer 3

No longer that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive our bosom intrest. go pronounce his present death, and with his former title greet Macbeth.’

Question 4

Banquo

Answer 4

and oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths

Question 5

Macbeth ‘this supernatural ……

Answer 5

This supernatural soliciting cannot be ill, cannot be good….. and nothing is but what is not.

Question 6

Duncan ‘We will establish our estate …….

Answer 6

We will establish our estate upon Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter The Prince of Cumberland

Question 7

Macbeth ‘The Prince of Cumberland! ……..

Answer 7

The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step which I must fall down, or else o’er-leap, for in my way it lies.

Question 8

Lady Macbeth ‘yet I do fear thy nature …..

Answer 8

Yet I do fear thy nature; it is too full o’ the milk of human kindness

Question 9

Duncan ‘Fair and noble hostess …..

Answer 9

Fair and noble hostess we are your guest tonight.

Question 10

Macbeth ‘We will proceed no further …….

Answer 10

We will proceed no further in this business: He hath honour’d me of late;

Question 11

Lady Macbeth ‘But screw your courage ……..

Answer 11

But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And we’ll not fail.

Question 12

Lady Macbeth ‘Look like the innocent flower ……….

Answer 12

Look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under’t. links to when Macduff says “oh gentle lady, my news isn’t fit for your ears

Question 13

Macbeth ‘I am settled ………

Answer 13

I am settled, and bend up Each corporal agent to this terrible feat.

Question 14

captain 2 unseamed him from……….

Answer 14

unseamed him from the nave to the chops. done by Macbeth to Macdonwald

Question 15

the witches so foul and…….

Answer 15

so foul and fair a day I have not seen. said on the heath

Question 16

the witches Not happy yet much happier

Answer 16

said to Banquo by the witches saying you shall not be king but you descendants will

Question 17

Banquo can the devil……..

Answer 17

can the devil speak true? he is Macbeth, Ross as he has just been told Macbeth is Thane of Cawdor just after being told he will be by the devil(witches)

Question 18

Macbeth “If chance will have me, king……….

Answer 18

“If chance will have me king, why,
chance may crown me/ Without my
stir”. showing that he shouldn’t do anything to become king and should let nature take it’s course

Question 19

Macbeth “let us speak………

Answer 19

“let us speak Our free hearts each to other,” said to Banquo that they can discuss what the witches have said but Macbeth later kills Banquo showing Irony

Question 20

Macbeth “black and……..

Answer 20

“black and deep desires” Macbeth desires to kill Duncan so that he can become the King

Question 21

Lady Macbeth the “golden round”

Answer 21

refers to the crown as the golden round

Question 22

what scene does Lady Macbeth say “unsex me here”

Answer 22

Act 1 Scene 5