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English Literature
Macbeth - Quotes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Macbeth Quote: When he is addressed as Thane of Cawdor in Act 1. | "Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?" (Scene 3) |
| Macbeth Quote: After murdering Duncan and confides to Lady Macbeth in Act 3 | "Full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife" (Scene 2) |
| Macbeth Quote: When realising the deceit of the witches, reverts back to who he was at the start | "Before my body, I throw my warlike shield" (Scene 8) |
| Lady Macbeth Quote: Calling on the spirits to lose her femininity to be able to commit murder in Act 1 | "Unsex me here" (Scene 5) |
| Lady Macbeth Quote: Dominating her husband to persuade him to kill Duncan in Act 1 | "Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under't" (Scene 5) |
| Lady Macbeth Quote: Feeling guilt and is hallucinating in Act 5 | "All the perfumes of Arabia could not sweeten this little hand" (Scene 1) |
| Macduff Quote: Showing his fierce patriotism and love for Scotland in Act 4 | "Bleed, bleed, poor country!" (Scene 3) |
| Macduff Quote: Response to finding out the murder of his family and being told to bear it "like a man" in Act 4 | "I must also feel it like a man" (Scene 3) |
| Macduff Quote: Says this to Macbeth at the end which reflects his views of him being a symbol of the devil in Act 5 | "Turn, hell hound, turn!" (Scene 8) |
| The Witches Quote: A line they say which indicates things are not all what they seem. | "Fair is foul and foul is fair" |
| The Witches Quote: Said by Banquo to Macbeth to show they are not to be trusted in Act 1 | "To win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths" (Scene 3) |
| The Witches Quote: Macbeth says this to the witches mirroring Jacobean opinion regarding supernatural (Act 4) | "How now, you secret, black and midnight hags" (Scene 1) |
| Banquo Quote: Shows witches are not to be trusted (Act 1) | "To win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths" (Scene 3) |
| Banquo Quote: Says this to Macbeth keeping his morality and loyalty despite interest. (Act 2) | "But still keep my bosom franchised and allegiance clear" (Scene 1) |
| Banquo Quote: After Duncan's murder, suspects Macbeth, showing the audience him as clever and perspective (Act 3) | "I fear thou played most foully for it" (Scene 1) |
| Guilt Quote: Macbeth fears he will not sleep again after Killing Duncan. (Act 2) | "Macbeth does murder sleep!" (Scene 2) |
| Guilt Quote: Macbeth believes he cannot redeem himself and once guilty always guilty (Act 3) | "I am in blood, stepped in so far" (Scene 4) |
| Power/Ambition Quote: Macbeth is ashamed of his desires and he knows they are wrong and evil (Act 1) | "Let not light see my black and deep desires" (Scene 4) |
| Power/Ambition Quote: Macbeth has been imprisoned by his own ambition, he cannot escape his ambitions but they are harming him (Act 3) | "I am cabined, cribbled, confined" (Scene 4) |
| Gender Quote: What Macbeth says to his wife in Act 1 | "My dearest partner in greatness" (Scene 5) |
| Gender Quote: Lady Macbeth emasculating Macbeth in Act 1 | "Too full of the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way" (Scene 5) |
| Gender Quote: Lady Macbeth wanting to get rid of her femininity In Act 1 | "Take my milk for gall" (Scene 5) |
| Kingship Quote: Duncan says this to his noblemen | "Signs of nobleness like stars/shall shine on all deservers" |
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