Nature/weather/animal imagery quotes

Question 1

1. “So ____ and fair a day I have ____ seen” Macbeth

Answer 1

1. “So foul and fair a day I have not seen” Macbeth

Question 2

2. “If you can look into the _____of time, And say which grain will _____ and which will not” Banquo, 1,3

Answer 2

2. “If you can look into the seeds of time, And say which grain will grow and which will not” Banquo, 1,3

Question 3

3. “Look like _________ flower but be the ________ under’t” Lady Macbeth

Answer 3

3. “Look like th’innocent flower but be the serpent under’t” Lady Macbeth

Question 4

4. “I have given ____, and know
   How _______ ’tis to love the babe that ____ me.
   I would, while it was ______ in my face,
   Have plucked my ______ from his _______ gums
   And dashed the ______ out, had I so _____ as you
   Have done to this” Lady Macbeth

Answer 4

4. “I have given suck, and know
   How tender ’tis to love the babe that milks me.
   I would, while it was smiling in my face,
   Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums
   And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you
   Have done to this” Lady Macbeth

Question 5

5. “The night has been ______… ________ heard i’ th’ air, strange screams of ______…some say the earth was ________ and did shake” Lennox, 2,3

Answer 5

5. “The night has been unruly… lamentings heard i’ th’ air, strange screams of death…some say the earth was feverous and did shake” Lennox, 2,3

Question 6

6. “Tis said they ___ each other”. “They did so, to the _________ of mine eyes That looked upon’t” Ross, 2,4

Answer 6

6. “Tis said they ate each other”. “They did so, to the amazement of mine eyes That looked upon’t” Ross, 2,4

Question 7

7. “His _______ stabs looked like a ______ in nature” Macbeth

Answer 7

7. “His gashed stabs looked like a breach in nature” Macbeth

Question 8

8. “By the clock tis ___ and yet dark night ________ the travelling ____” Ross

Answer 8

8. “By the clock tis day and yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp” Ross

Question 9

9. “A ______ was by a mousing owl _______ at and killed” Duncan’s horses: “Tis said they ____ each other” Old Man 2,4

Answer 9

9. “A falcon was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed” Duncan’s horses: “Tis said they ate each other” Old Man 2,4

Question 10

10. “For the poor _____, The most _________ of birds, will fight, Her ______ ones in her nest, against the ____. So runs against all _______” Lady Macduff 4,2,

Answer 10

10. “For the poor wren, The most diminutive of birds, will fight, Her young ones in her nest, against the owl. So runs against all reason” Lady Macduff 4,2,

Question 11

11. “What, all my pretty _________ and their dam at one fell ______?” Macduff, 4,3 Macbeth is seen as a devilish bird of prey descending on a hen-roost.

Answer 11

11. “What, all my pretty chickens and their dam at one fell swoop?” Macduff, 4,3 Macbeth is seen as a devilish bird of prey descending on a hen-roost.

Question 12

12. “They have tied me to a _____: I cannot fly | But _____-like I must fight the ______” Macbeth

Answer 12

12. “They have tied me to a stake: I cannot fly | But bear like I must fight the course” Macbeth

Question 13

13. 5. “We have ________ the snake, not killed it. She’ll close and be _______ whilst our poor ______ Remains in danger of her former ______” Macbeth

Answer 13

13. 5. “We have scorched the snake, not killed it. She’ll close and be herself whilst our poor malice Remains in danger of her former tooth Macbeth