Quotes Macbeth Flashcards

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What does the witches say

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Fair is foul and foul is fair

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What does Macbeth say to be evil with no consequences

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Let not light see my black and deep desires

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What does lady Macbeth say to not feel guilty

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Make thick my blood

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What does lady Macbeth say to Macbeth about being duplicitous

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Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it

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What reason did lady Macbeth give for not killing Duncan

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“Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done it”

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What does Macbeth say about his guilt and the blood on his hands

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“Will all of great neptunes ocean wash this blood clean from my hands”

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What quote shows Duncan is a better king than Macbeth

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Lest our old robes sit easier than our new

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What does “fruitless crown and barren sceptre” show

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Macbeth has no heirs

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What quote shows Macbeth’s mind is poisoned

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O, full of scorpions is my mind

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What quote from Macbeth shows how they haven’t fully got rid of the problem

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We have scorched the snake not killed it

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