lady Macbeth quotes Flashcards
(8 cards)
The raven himself is hoarse…
“The raven himself is hoarse
That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan
Under my battlements”
“Yet do I fear thy nature;…
“Yet do I fear thy nature;
It is too full o’ the milk of human kindness.”
“Come, thick night,…
“Come, thick night,
And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell,
That my keen knife see not the wound it makes,
Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark,
To cry, ‘Hold, hold!’”
“Come you spirits,…
“Come you spirits, That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here.”
“Screw your courage…
“Screw your courage to the sticking-place,
And we’ll not fail.”
“I have given suck…
“I have given suck, and know
How tender ’tis to love the babe that milks me.
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums
And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you
Have done to this.”
“Thou wouldst be great…
“Thou wouldst be great;
Art not without ambition, but without
The illness should attend it”
“Come to my woman’s breasts,…
“Come to my woman’s breasts,
And take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers.”