macbeth quotes

Question 1

act 1, stars…. (ambition, guilt)

Answer 1

stars, hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires

Question 2

act 1, brave… (power)

Answer 2

brave macbeth- well he deserves that name

Question 3

act 1, unseam’d… (violence, power)

Answer 3

unseam’d him from th’nave to the chops

Question 4

act 2, is this…. (fate, ambition,

Answer 4

is this a dagger which i see before me - thou marshall’st me the way that i was going

Question 5

act 2, sleep… (guilt, supernatural)

Answer 5

methought i heard a voice cry ‘sleep no more! macbeth does murder sleep’

Question 6

act 2, water… (guilt)

Answer 6

a little water clears us of this deed

Question 7

act 3, banquo thy… (violence, tyranny, power, ambition)

Answer 7

banquo, thy soul’s flight. if it finds heaven, must find it out tonight

Question 8

act 3, scotch’d… (ambition, violence, power, fate)

Answer 8

we have scotch’d the snake, not kill’d it

Question 9

act 4, every sin… (evil, power)

Answer 9

smacking of every sin that has a name (malcolm about macbeth)

Question 10

act 4, sword… (cruelty, violence, power, ambition)

Answer 10

give to the edge of the sword his wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls that trace him in his line

Question 11

act 3, never shake… (guilt, supernatural)

Answer 11

never shake thy gory locks at me

Question 12

act 1, king thereafter… (power, fate)

Answer 12

all hail macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!

Question 13

act 1, serpent (duplicity)

Answer 13

look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t

Question 14

act 1, fair… (supernatural)

Answer 14

fair is foul and foul is fair

Question 15

act 2, hear it not…. (power)

Answer 15

hear it not duncan, for it is a knell, that summons thee to heaven or to hell

Question 16

act 4, how now…. (supernatural, fate)

Answer 16

how now, you secret, black, and midnight hags?

Question 17

act 4, woman born…. (power, duplicity, supernatural)

Answer 17

none of woman born shall harm macbeth

Question 18

act 4, sinful… (guilt)

Answer 18

sinful macduff, they were all struck for thee!

Question 19

act 5, out… (guilt, supernatural)

Answer 19

out, damned spot! all the perfumes of arabia could not sweeten this little hand.

Question 20

act 5, turn… (power, fate, evil)

Answer 20

turn, hell-hound, turn

Question 21

act 5, macduff was… (duplicity, fate)

Answer 21

macduff was from his mother’s womb, untimely ripped

Question 22

act 5, life is… (ambition, fate, guilt)

Answer 22

life is a tale told by an idiot, signifying nothing