the witches character quotes Flashcards
“When shall we three…. (act 1)
meet again, in thunder, lightning or in rain?”
when the hurylburly’s done… (act 1)
when the battle’s lost and won”
“fair is foul… (act 1)
and foul is fair: hover through the fog and filthy air”
“All hail, Macbeth…
- hail to thee, thane of Glamis!”
- hail to thee, thane of Cawdor!”
- thou shalt be king hereafter!”
“hath been but for a wayward son… (act 3)
spiteful and wrathful, who, as others do, loves for his own ends, not for you”
“he shall spurn… (act 3)
fate, scorn death”
“by the pricking of my thumbs… (act 4)
something wicked this way comes.”
“Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth!… (act 4)
beware Macduff, Beware the Thane of Fife”
“Be bloody, bold and resolute; laugh to scorn…. (act 4)
the power of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth”
“Macbeth shall never vanquish’d be until…. (act 4)
Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him”
“show his eyes… (act 4)
and grieve his heart; come like shadows, so depart
