Macbeth Week 3 Flashcards
If its to be dont it is to be done quickly
‘If it were done when ‘tis done, then ‘twere well It were done quickly’ (Macbeth)
Grusome instructions and a desise to the maker
‘we but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague the inventor’ (Macbeth)
To poison yourself
‘our poison’d chalice
To our own lips’ (Macbeth)
he should welcome King Duncan and not kill him
‘He’s here in double trust;
First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself’ (Macbeth)
Too much ambition will lead to a fall
‘I have no spur
To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself And falls on the other.’ (Macbeth)
To do no more with this plan
‘We will proceed no further in this business’ (Macbeth)