Macbeth Quotes (Act 1, Sc3/ Sc4) Flashcards
Macbeth link to witches prophecies (Sc3)
‘So foul and fair a day I have not seen’ (Macbeth)
Banquo asks this of the “Weird Sisters” (Sc3)
‘Live you, or are you aught
That man may question?’ (Banquo)
Masculine traits (wisdom) about witches (Sc3)
‘you should be women,
And yet your beards forbid me to interpret
That you are so’ (Banquo)
Witches prophecies to Macbeth (Sc3)
‘All hail MacBeth, hail to thee, Thane of Glamis.’
‘All hail MacBeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor.’
‘All hail MacBeth, hail to thee, that shalt be king hereafter.’ (Witches)
Witches prophecies to Banquo (Sc3)
‘Lesser than MacBeth, and greater.’
‘Not so happy, yet much happier.’
‘Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.’ (Witches)
Second prophecy fufilled (Sc3)
‘He bade me, from him, call thee Thane of Cawdor’ (Ross)
Macbeth excited about becoming king (Sc3)
(Aside) ‘Glamis, and Thane of Cawdor:
The greatest is behind’ (MacBeth)
Macbeth being uncertain about witches/ paradox (Sc3)
(Aside) ‘This supernatural soliciting
Cannot be ill, cannot be good’ (MacBeth)
Deciding to rely on fate- doesn’t do actions against king (Sc3)
‘If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me
Without my stir’ (MacBeth)
Duncan referring to Macbeth as family (Sc4)
‘worthiest cousin’ (Duncan)
Duncan has said he can never repay Macbeth for what he has done. Macbeth’s reply (Sc4)
‘The service and the loyalty I owe,
In doing it, pays itself’ (Macbeth)
Macbeth realising how Malcolm is preventing him from becoming King (Sc4)
(Aside) ‘The Prince of Cumberland: that is a step
On which I must fall down, or else o’erleap’ (Macbeth)
Macbeth hiding his want for power from others (Sc4)
(Aside) ‘Stars, hide your fires,
Let light not see my black and deep desires’ (Macbeth)
