Macbeth Quotes Flashcards
‘Fair is
foul, and foul is fair’ -Macbeth
‘When the
battle’s lost and won.’ -Witches
‘If chance
shall have me king, why, chance may crown me.’ -Macbeth
‘unsex me
here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty.’ -Lady Macbeth
‘Look like
the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t.’ -Lady Macbeth
‘I do
fear thy nature; it is too full o’ the milk of human kindness.’ -Lady Macbeth
‘Wouldst thou
have that which thou esteem’st the ornament of life, and live a coward in thine own esteem.’ -Lady Macbeth
‘I have
no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition.’ -Macbeth
‘Thou play’dst
most foully for’t: yet it was said it should not stand in thy posterity’ -Banquo
‘What’s done
is done.’ -Lady Macbeth
‘We have
scotched the snake, not killed it’ -Macbeth
‘Our suffering
country under a hand accursed!’ -Lennox
‘None of
woman born shall harm Macbeth.’ -Witches/Apparition
‘Macbeth shall
never be vanquished until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill shall come against him.’ -Witches/Apparition
‘The very
firstlings of my heart be the firstlings of my hand.’ -Macbeth
‘be it
thought and done.’ -Macbeth
‘Those he
commands move only in command, nothing in love’ -Angus
‘and that
which should accompany old age, as honour, love, obedience, troops of friends’ -Macbeth (Because of his ambition/greed he has lost all those luxuries)
‘our fear
in Banquo stick deep.’ -Macbeth (Fears that Banquo is plotting against him)
‘My hands
are of your colour; but I shame to wear a heart so white.’ -Lady Macbeth (Thinks that Macbeth is a coward)
‘He’s here
in double trust.’ -Macbeth (Not only is he the king’s kinsman, but he is also his host)
What does equivocation mean?
To speak in an unclear or confusing way, usually to hide the truth.
