MacBeth quotes (Act 1, Sc1/2)

Question 1

Witches don’t care about the battle- Act1, Sc1

Answer 1

‘When the hurly-burly’s done, When the battle’s lost and won’

Question 2

First mention of Macbeth in play-Act 1, Sc1

Answer 2

‘There to meet with MacBeth’

Question 3

paradox- Act 1, Sc1

Answer 3

‘Fair is foul, and foul is fair’

Question 4

What the captain calls MacBeth- Act1, Sc2

Answer 4

‘brave MacBeth - well he deserves that name’

Question 5

God of bravery- Act1, Sc2

Answer 5

‘Like Valour’s minion carv’d out his passage’

Question 6

Traitor/violence Act 1, Sc2

Answer 6

‘Till he unseam’d him from the nave to th’chaps And fixed his head upon our battlements’

Question 7

Equal heroes- Act 1, Sc2

Answer 7

‘Dismay’d not this our captains, Macbeth and Banquo?’

Question 8

Bravery-animals- Act 1, Sc2

Answer 8

‘Yes, as sparrows, eagles, or the hare, the lion’

Question 9

Die with honour- Act 1, Sc2

Answer 9

‘meant to bathe in reeking wounds Or memorise another Golgotha’

Question 10

Goddess of war- Act 1, Sc2

Answer 10

‘Bellona’s bridegroom’

Question 11

Death of previous Cawdor- Act 1, Sc2

Answer 11

‘Go pronounce his present death And with his former title greet MacBeth’

Question 12

Duncan impression of Macbeth- Act 1, Sc2

Answer 12

‘What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won’