Macbeth Quotes Act 1 Scene 3

Question 1

Macbeth says what the witches say

Answer 1

‘So foul and fair a day I have not seen’

Question 2

Banquo questions the witches

Answer 2

‘Live you, or are you aught

That man may question?’

Question 3

Banquo describes appearance of witches

Answer 3

‘You should be women,
And yet your beards forbid me to interpret
That you are so’

Question 4

Macbeth’s prophecies

Answer 4

‘All hail Macbeth, hail to the,Thane of Glamis.’
‘All hail Macbeth, hail to the, Thane of Cawdor’
‘All hail Macbeth, hail to the,that shalt be king hereafter.’

Question 5

Banquo’s prophecies

Answer 5

‘Lesser than Macbeth, and Greater’
‘Not so happy, yet much happier’
‘Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none’

Question 6

Macbeth is given title thane of Cawdor

Answer 6

‘He bade me, from him, call thee Thane of Cawdor’

Question 7

Macbeth realises the next prophecy is King

Answer 7

‘Glamis, and Thane of Cawdor: The greatest is behind’

Question 8

Macbeth does not know whether the prophecies are good or bad

Answer 8

‘This supernatural soliciting

Cannot be ill, cannot be good’

Question 9

Macbeth is happy with chance making him king

Answer 9

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

Without my stir’