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Macbeth quotes
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- 1fair is...fair is foul and foul is fair, hover through fog and filthy air. (spoken by all 3 witches togeather)
- 2he has wisdomhe has wisdom that doth guide his valour to act in safety. (macbeth about banquo)
- 3upon my headupon my head they placed a fruitless crown
- 4thence to be wrenchedthence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand, no son of mine succeeding.if"t be so for banquo's issue has filled my mind; for them, the gracious duncan i have murdered.
- 5come, you spiritscome, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here and fill me from the crown to the toe, top full of direst cruelty.
- 6come, thick nightcome, thick night, and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell.
- 7fleance, h8s son that keeps him companyfleance, his son that keeps him company, whose absence is no less material to me than his father must embrace the fate of that dark hour.
- 8stars, hidestars, hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires. (macbeth (sly))
- 9this i have thought goodthis i have thought good to deliver thee, my dearest partener of greatness. (macbeth)
- 10i fear thy naturei fear thy nature, it is too full o'th milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way. (lady macbeth)
- 11but now i am cabin'dbut no i am cabin'd, cribb'd, confined, bound in to saucy doubts and fears (macbeth guilt after killing banquo).
- 12double, doubledouble, double, toil and trouble,fire burn couldron bubble. (witches)
- 13the castle of macduffthe castle of macduff i will suprise; sieze upon fife; give to th' edge o'th sword his wife, his babes and all unfortunate souls.
- 14full offull of scorpions is my mind dear wife!
- 15i bear a charmedi bear a charmed life which must not yield to one of woman born (macbeth).
- 16i have no wordsi have no words, my voice is in my sword (macduff).
- 17here's the smell ofhere's the smell of blood still;all the perfumes of arabia will not sweeten this little hand. (lady macbeth). O, o, o.(repetition to show panic and loss of confidence)
- 18i have no spuri have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition. (macbeth)
- 19is this a daggeris this a dagger which i see before me, the handle twisted towards my hand.
- 20glamis hath murdered sleepglamis hath murdered sleep; and therefore cawdor shall sleep no more: macbeth will sleep no more. (macbeth)
- 21we have scorch'dwe have scorch'd the snake, not kill'd it. (macbeth)
- 22are yeare ye fantastical, or that which you outwardly show?(banquo)
- 23her choppy fingerher choppy finger laying upon her skinny lips;you should be women and yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you are so.(banquo)
- 24that I may pourthat I may pour my spirits in thine ear(lady macbeth- manipulative)
- 25will all great Neptunewill all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand(Macbeth -forshaddowing-guilty)
- 26there's daggersthere's daggers in mens' smiles(loyalty)
- 27did you say all?did you say all? all my pretty chickens?(macduff- emotional)
- 28I have begun to plant theeI have begun to plant thee, and will labour to make thee full of growing(Duncan-plant imagery-nurtures subjects)
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- Flashcards on Macbeth quotes, created by TOM LANE on 20/03/2018.
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