Macbeth Quotes - Act 2 Scene 2

Question 1

Lady Macbeth couldn’t kill

Answer 1

“That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold”
“Had he not ressembled my father as he slept, I had done’t”

Question 2

Murder

Answer 2

“I have done the deed”

Question 3

Macbeth is frantic

Answer 3

“This is a sorry sight”
“Wake Duncan with thy knocking! I would thou couldst”

Question 4

Macbeth can’t invoke God

Answer 4

“I could not say ‘amen’ when they did say ‘God bless us’.”
“But wherefore could I not pronounce ‘amen’? I had most need of blessing and ‘amen’ stuck in my throat*

Question 5

Sleep

Answer 5

“Methought I heard a voice cry ‘Sleep no more’ Macbeth does murder sleep”

Question 6

Lady Macbeth is practical

Answer 6

“These deeds must not be thought after these ways. So it will make us mad”
“Why did you bring these daggers from the place? They must lie there, go carry them and smear the sleeping grooms with blood”

Question 7

Macbeth can’t face it

Answer 7

“I am afraid to think what I have done; look ont’ again I dare not”

Question 8

Water

Answer 8

“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No this my hand will rather the multitudinous sea incarnadine, making the green one red”
“A little water clears us of the deed”