Macbeth Quotes: Act 4 + 5 Flashcards
Macduff says that country has been through so much devastation since the murders of its people
Bleed, bleed, poor country!
Lady Macbeth’s statements contrast heavily with the statements made earlier in the play
Yet here’s a spot
Hell is murky
all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh, oh, oh!
What’s done cannot be undone.
Macbeth is more determined than ever to fight he is disillusioned and reckless
The mind I sway by and the heart I bear shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear
Second witch even calls Macbeth wicked or evil as she senses his arrival
By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.
Ross describes how horrible scotland is now that Macbeth is king
cruel are the times when we are traitors and do not know ourselves
Malcom describes Macbeth as …
Devilish Macbeth
Second apparition encourages him to be brave and reckless
Be bloody, bold and resolute;
none of woman born shall harm Macbeth
Macduff can’t describe anyone more evil than Macbeth
Not in the legions of horrid hell can come a devil more damned in evils to top Macbeth
Malcolm says that as the day progresses scotland suffers even more
It weeps, it bleeds; and each new day a gash is added to her wounds
Macbeth gives a somber and dismal outlook on life
Out, out, brief candle. Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Lady Macbeth says who would have thought Duncan would have so much blood?
Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?
Ross says that Scotland is unrecognisable
Alas poor country, almost afraid to know itself!
Doctor crimes like killing the king leads to chaos
Unnatural deeds do breed unnatural troubles;
When Macbeth hears crying and is so detached from it
I have almost forgot the taste of fears
Macbeth gives a bleak response to Lady Macbeth’s death
She should have died hereafter
