Macbeth Quotes Act 1 scene 1-5

Question 1

Witches say something after the battle

Answer 1

When the hurly-burly’s done,

When the battle’s lost and won’ (Second Witch)

Question 2

Witches explain to meet with someone

Answer 2

There to meet with MacBeth’ (Third Witch)

Question 3

Important quote that rhymes and describes what is what in the play

Answer 3

Fair is foul, and foul is fair’ (Witches)

Question 4

Captain describing someone

Answer 4

brave MacBeth – well he deserves that name’ (Captain)

Question 5

Valours…

Answer 5

Like Valour’s minion carv’d out his passage’ (Captain)

Question 6

Description of what happened to the traitor

Answer 6

Till he unseam’d him from the nave to th’chaps

And fixed his head upon our battlements’ (Captain)

Question 7

Reassuring who the heros were

Answer 7

Dismay’d not this our captains, MacBeth and Banquo?’ (Duncan)

Question 8

Captain being sarcastic explaining how they fought

Answer 8

Yes, as sparrows, eagles, or the hare, the lion’ (Captain)

Question 9

Explaining they were almost christ like

Answer 9

meant to bathe in reeking wounds

Or memorise another Golgotha’ (Captain)

Question 10

Explaining that Macbeth was like the husband of the god of war

Answer 10

Bellona’s bridegroom’ (Captain)

Question 11

He gave Macbeth the traitors title

Answer 11

Go pronounce his present death

And with his former title greet MacBeth’ (Duncan)

Question 12

What the traitor lost, he won

Answer 12

What he hath lost, noble MacBeth hath won’ (Duncan)

Question 13

Macbeth quoting the witches

Answer 13

So foul and fair a day I have not seen’ (MacBeth)

Question 14

Banquo asking if they are the demons spawn

Answer 14

Live you, or are you aught

That man may question?’ (Banquo)

Question 15

Banquo questioning if they are women or witches

Answer 15

you should be women,
And yet your beards forbid me to interpret
That you are so’ (Banquo)

Question 16

Witches chant at what Macbeths title is and what he shall gain.

Answer 16

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)

Question 17

Witches explain what will happen to Banquo and his children

Answer 17

Lesser than MacBeth, and greater.’
‘Not so happy, yet much happier.’
‘Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.’ (Witches)

Question 18

Macbeth has gained thane of Cawdor, prophecy came true

Answer 18

He bade me, from him, call thee Thane of Cawdor’ (Ross)

Question 19

Macbeth thinking of the prophecy that came true

Answer 19

Aside) ‘Glamis, and Thane of Cawdor:

The greatest is behind’ (MacBeth)

Question 20

Macbeth Questions if the supernatural prophecies are good or bad

Answer 20

(Aside) ‘This supernatural soliciting

Cannot be ill, cannot be good’ (MacBeth)

Question 21

Macbeth explaining he will let chance choose if he shall be king or not.

Answer 21

If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me

Without my stir’ (MacBeth)

Question 22

Duncan describes one as really close family

Answer 22

worthiest cousin’ (Duncan)

Question 23

Macbeth explains his loyalty to the King

Answer 23

‘The service and the loyalty I owe,

In doing it, pays itself’ (Macbeth)

Question 24

Macbeth thinks of all the things he must go through before becoming king.

Answer 24

(Aside) ‘The Prince of Cumberland: that is a step

On which I must fall down, or else o’erleap’ (Macbeth)

Question 25

Macbeth wants to hide his desires to kill Duncan

Answer 25

(Aside) ‘Stars, hide your fires,

Let light not see my black and deep desires’ (Macbeth)

Question 26

Lady Macbeth says that macbeth is too nice

Answer 26

‘yet do I fear thy nature;
It is too full o’ the milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way’ (Lady Macbeth)

Question 27

Lady Macbeth says Macbeth has no ambition

Answer 27

thou wouldst be great;
Art not without ambition, but without
The illness should attend it’ (Lady Macbeth)

Question 28

Lady Macbeth wants to persuade

Answer 28

‘I may pour my spirits in thine ear’ (Lady Macbeth)

Question 29

Macbeth - Ravens - and Duncan

Answer 29

‘The raven himself is hoarse
That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan
Under my battlements’ (Lady Macbeth)

Question 30

Lady Macbeth chanting to evil spirits to become male

Answer 30

‘Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,
And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full
Of direst cruelty!’ (Lady Macbeth)

Question 31

Lady Macbeth wants to lose her milk for gall and become cruel and cold.

Answer 31

‘Come to my woman’s breasts,

And take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers’ (Lady Macbeth)

Question 32

Lady Macbeth explaining that Duncan wont see sunrise

Answer 32

‘O, never

Shall sun that morrow see!’ (Lady Macbeth)

Question 33

Lady Macbeth explaining that Macbeth needs to act like a flower but be a serpent.

Answer 33

‘look like the innocent flower,

But be the serpent under’t’ (Lady Macbeth)