Macbeth Quotes - Act 3 Scene 1

Question 1

Banquo’s suspicion

Answer 1

“Thou hast it now: King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, as the weird women promised; and I fear thou played’st most foully for’t”

Question 2

Banquo’s tempted

Answer 2

“May they not be my oracles as well and set me up in hope? But hush, no more”

Question 3

Macbeth is paranoid

Answer 3

“To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus. Our fears in Banquo stick deep

Question 4

Banquo’s good qualities

Answer 4

“His royalty of nature reigns that which would be feared”

Question 5

Macbeth didn’t kill Duncan for Banquo’s sake

Answer 5

“For Banquo’s issue have I filed my mind for them the gracious Duncan have I murdered; put rancours in the vessel of my peace

Question 6

Royal line won’t follow Macbeth

Answer 6

“Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown, and put a barren sceptre in my gripe”

Question 7

Macbeth slanders Banquo

Answer 7

“Both of you know Banquo was your enemy”

Question 8

Macbeth convinces the murderers via emasculation

Answer 8

“Now if you have a station in the file not in the worst rank of manhood, say it”

Question 9

Do it well and kill Fleance too

Answer 9

“Leave no rubs nor botches in in the work Fleance, his son that keeps him company, whose absence is no less material to me than is his father’s must embrace the fate of that dark hour”

Question 10

Banquo will be killed

Answer 10

“Banquo thy soul’s flight, if it find heaven, must find it tonight”