act 1 Flashcards
(26 cards)
Fair is foul, and foul is fair,
Hover through the fog and filthy air.
1,1,12-13
Till he unseam’d him from the nave to th’chaps
1, 2, 22
Thrice to thine, and thrice to mine,
And thrice again, to make up nine.
1, 3, 33-34
So foul and fair a day I have not seen
1, 3, 36
All hail Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Glamis.
All hail Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor.
All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter.
1, 3, 46-48
Lesser than Macbeth, and greater.
Not so happy, yet much happier.
Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.
1, 3, 63-65
The Thane of Cawdor lives. Why do you dress me
In borrow’d robes
1, 3, 106-107
If chance will have me king, why chance may crown me
Without my stir.
1, 3, 142-143
There’s no art
To find the mind’s construction in the face.
1, 4, 11-12
Stars, hide your fires,
Let not light see my dark and deep desires,
1, 4, 50-51
unsex me here
And fill me from the crown to the toe topfull
Of direst cruelty; make thick my blood,
Stop up th’access and passage to remorse
1, 5, 40-43
Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark,
To cry, ‘Hold, hold.’
1, 5 52-53
To beguile the time,
Look like the time.
1, 5, 62-63
Your hand, your tongue; look like th’innocent flower,
But be the serpent under’t.
1, 5, 64-65
To alter favour ever is to fear.
Leave all the rest to me.
1, 5, 71-72
If it were done when ‘tis done, then ‘twere well
It were done quickly.
1, 7, 1-2
Was the hope drunk
Wherein you dress’d yourself?
1, 7, 35-36
When you durst do it, them you were a man.
1, 7, 49
screw your courage to the sticking-place
1, 7, 60
What happens in act 1 scene 1
Witches gather on a heath and arrange to meet Macbeth
What happens in act 1 scene 2
Macbeth kills Duncan’s enemy MacDonald.
What happens in act 1 scene 3
The witches show themselves to Macbeth and Banquo and tell them about the prophecies. Ross tells Macbeth he will be Thane of Cawdor and Macbeth thinks that if he can become this, he won’t need to do anything to become King.
What happens in act 1 scene 4
Macbeth and Banquo go to the castle where Duncan praises them. Macbeth doesn’t want Malcolm to be king so he desires to kill Duncan and become king faster.
What happens in act 1 scene 5
Lady Macbeth gets a letter from Macbeth telling her everything. She wants to kill the king and pushes Macbeth into doing it although he’s hesitant. She prays that she can be more ruthless and takes control over the situation.