The Tragedy of Macbeth (quotations)

Question 1

“Fair” (A1)

Answer 1

“Fair is foul, and foul is fair” (witches)

Question 2

“Unseamed him…” (A1)

Answer 2

“Unseamed him from the nave to the chaps” (Captain, describing Macbeth)

Question 3

“There’s no art…” (A1)

Answer 3

“There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face” (Duncan)

Question 4

“Stars…” (A1)

Answer 4

“Stars hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires” (Macbeth)

Question 5

“too full…” (A1)

Answer 5

“too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness” (Lady Macbeth, about Macbeth)

Question 6

“Come…” (A1)

Answer 6

“Come, you spirits … unsex me here” (Lady Macbeth)

Question 7

“We will proceed…” (A1)

Answer 7

“We will proceed no further in this business” (Macbeth, to Lady Macbeth)

Question 8

“When you durst…” (A1)

Answer 8

“When you durst do it, then you were a man” (Lady Macbeth)

Question 9

“dashed…” (A1)

Answer 9

“dashed the brains out” (Lady Macbeth)

Question 10

“…allegiance…” (A2)

Answer 10

“My allegiance clear” (Banquo, making clear his allegiance to Duncan)

Question 11

“Is this…?” (A2)

Answer 11

“Is this a dagger I see before me?” (Macbeth)

Question 12

“Had he not resembled…” (A2)

Answer 12

“Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done ‘t” (Lady Macbeth)

Question 13

“Will all great…?” (A2)

Answer 13

“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?” (Macbeth)

Question 14

“A little water…” (A2)

Answer 14

“A little water clears us of this deed.” (Lady Macbeth)

Question 15

“…horror…” (A2)

Answer 15

“O horror, horror, horror” (Macduff)

Question 16

“I fear…” (A3)

Answer 16

“I fear thou played most foully for it” (Banquo)

Question 17

“Nought’s had…” (A3)

Answer 17

“Nought’s had, all’s spent, / Where our desire is got without content” (Lady Macbeth)

Question 18

“O, full of…” (A3)

Answer 18

“O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!” (Macbeth)

Question 19

“Are you…?” (A3)

Answer 19

“Are you a man?” (Lady Macbeth, at the banquet)

Question 20

“Blood…” (A3)

Answer 20

“Blood will have blood” (Macbeth)

Question 21

“Double…” (A4)

Answer 21

“Double, double toil and trouble” (Witches, in their cavern)

Question 22

“Give to the edge…” (A4)

Answer 22

“Give to the edge o’ the sword his wife, his babes” (Macbeth, about Macduff)

Question 23

“What, all my…?” (A4)

Answer 23

“What, all my pretty chickens and their dam at one fell swoop?” (Macduff)

Question 24

“Let grief…” (A4)

Answer 24

“Let grief convert to anger” (Malcolm, advising Macduff)

Question 25

“…damned…” (A5)

Answer 25

“Out damned spot; out I say!” (Lady Macbeth)

Question 26

“All the perfumes…” (A5)

Answer 26

“All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.” (Lady Macbeth)

Question 27

“…candle.” (A5)

Answer 27

“out, out, brief candle!” (Macbeth)

Question 28

“a tale told by…” (A5)

Answer 28

“a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing” (Macbeth)

Question 29

“Macduff was from his…” (A5)

Answer 29

“Macduff was from his mother’s womb untimely ripped” (Macduff, before he kills and beheads Macbeth)

Question 30

“Thanks to…” (A5)

Answer 30

“Thanks to all at once, and to each one” (Malcolm)