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Macbeth act 1 quotes
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- 1Fair is foul and foul is fair.(Witches to general audience) No real rules; anything goes
- 2No more that Thane of Cowdor shall decieve our bosom interest. Go pronounce his present death.(Duncan to Ross) The Thane of Cawdor was a traitor to Scotland and will be killed for it, where his land will be given to Macbeth.
- 3Though his bark cannot be lost, yet it can be tempest tossed.(Witch 1 to the other witches) The witches can torture and play with fate, but they cannot kill people.
- 4So fair and foul a day I have not seen.(Macbeth to Banquo) Echos the first words said by the witches. It is a fair day because they have one, but it is a foul day due to weather and all the deaths. It is more doublespeak.
- 5All hail Macbeth, that shall be king hereafter!(Witches to Macbeth) After Macbeth is thane of both Glamis and Cawdor, he will end up king of Scotland.
- 6If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then to me.(Banquo to Witches) Banquo wants his fortune told too. He has disdain for the witches but wants to know. He is a good foil for Macbeth. When Macbeth gets a good prediction, he becomes ruthless. Banquo stays loyal and dies.
- 7Thou shalt get Kings, though thou be none.(Witches to Banquo) His sons may be kings, but he will not be one.
- 8But 'tis strange; and oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray us in deepest consequence.(Banquo to Macbeth) Banquo is developing suspicion of the witches' fortunes and thinks perhaps they should not be heeded. The witches are classified as dark beings, not just supernatural ones
- 9Nothing in his life became like him leaving it.(Malcolm to Duncan) Talking about Macdonwald. The best thing he ever did was die repenting and not putting up a fight.
- 10There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.(Duncan to Malcolm) It is impossible to tell a person's true thoughts. There is no way to tell if somebody is merely a good actor. This is ironic since the Thane of Cawdor and Macbeth both managed to fool Duncan.
- 11I have begun to plant thee, and will labor to make thee full of growing.(Duncan to Macbeth) Duncan claims credit for Macbeth's success and wants to make sure he stays successful.
- 12Stars, hide your fires: Let not lights see my black and deep desires.(Macbeth to stars) Macbeth, despite Duncan's kindness, wants to murder his way to the throne.
- 13Yet I do fear thy nature; It is too full of the milk of human kindness.(Lady Macbeth soliloquy) She thinks Macbeth is too kind to be king. He doesn't have the killer instinct to get to the top.
- 14Come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here.(Lady Macbeth soliloquy) Asks the spirits to dehumanize or dewomanize her. She wants to be free of any sympathy or weakness
- 15Your face...is as a book where men may read strange matters.(Lady Macbeth to Macbeth) Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth how he should make sure his face should not be readable when he goes through with the murder.
- 16Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it.(Lady Macbeth to Macbeth) Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to look innocent but strike quickly like a serpent.
- 17I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition.(Macbeth soliloquy) He has no reason to hate or kill Duncan except his own ambitions; Duncan is a good king and cousin
- 18But screw your courage to the sticking place, and we will not fail.(Lady Macbeth to Macbeth) Encourages Macbeth one more time to kill Duncan. This also refers to a lute(a guitar like instrument). She is also, in a way, saying she is playing Macbeth.
- 19False face must hide what false heart doth know.(Macbeth to Lady Macbeth) Macbeth admits his heart has failed and now he will go because of the guilt that will follow.
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