Deception Quotes

Question 1

as Macbeth contemplates the witches prophecies

Answer 1

“And nothing is, But what is not” (Act 1, Scene 3)

Question 2

through facial expressions and appearances

Answer 2

“There’s no art To find the mind’s construction in the face” (Act 1, Scene 4)

Question 3

through Macbeth’s desire for his evil acts to be hidden

Answer 3

“Stars, hide your fires, Let not light see my black and deep desires” (Act 1, Scene 4)

Question 4

through LM’s concern that Macbeth’s true intentions will be evident

Answer 4

“Your face, my thane, is as a book where men May read strange matters” (Act 1, Scene 5)

Question 5

through Macbeth’s denial of thinking about the witches

Answer 5

“I think not of them” (Act 2, Scene 1)

Question 6

through Macbeth’s hallucinations

Answer 6

“Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee” (Act 2, Scene 1)

Question 7

through LM’s treachery and falsehood

Answer 7

“Woe, alas, What, in our house?” (Act 2, Scene 3)

Question 8

through violence and duplicity

Answer 8

“There’s daggers in men’s smiles; the nea’er in blood, The nearer bloody” (Act 2, Scene 3)

Question 9

through LM’s concealment of Macbeth’s madness

Answer 9

“Sit, worthy friends. My lord is often thus, And hath been from his youth. Pray you, keep seat.” (Act 3, Scene 4)

Question 10

through Macbeth’s false sorrows about Banquo’s absence

Answer 10

“I drink to th’general joy o’th’whole table, And to our dear friend Banquo, whom we miss. Would he were here!” (Act 3, Scene 4)

Question 11

through Malcolm’s test on Macduff to prove his loyalty

Answer 11

“black Macbeth Will seem as pure as snow” (Act 4, Scene 3)

Question 12

through the camouflage of the soldiers

Answer 12

“your leafy screens throw down And show like those you are” (Act 5, Scene 6)