Lady Macbeth Quotes Flashcards
(15 cards)
manipulative
“Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear And chastise with the valour of my tongue” (Act 1, Scene 5)
a metaphorical fourth witch
“Come you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here” (Act 1, Scene 5)
ambitious
“Thy letters have transported me beyond The ignorant present, and I feel now The future in the instant” (Act 1, Scene 5)
brilliantly deceptive
“look like th’innocent flower, But be the serpent under’t” (Act 1, Scene 5)
condescending
“Was the hope drunk Wherein you dress’d yourself?” (Act 1, Scene 7)
confident
“But screw your courage to the sticking-place And we’ll not fail” (Act 1, Scene 7)
human and capable of love
“Had he not resembled My father as he slept, I had done’t” (Act 2, Scene 2)
cruel
“Infirm of purpose!” (Act 2, Scene 2)
intelligent
“I’ll gild the faces of the grooms withal, For it must seem their guilt” (Act 2, Scene 2)
judgemental of Macbeth’s innocence
“My hands are of your colour, but I shame To wear a heart so white” (Act 2, Scene 2)
practical
“Things without all remedy Should be without regard; what’s done, is done” (Act 3, Scene 2)
desperate to keep control
“Sit, worthy friends. My lord is often thus, And hath been from his youth. Pray you, keep seat.” (Act 3, Scene 4)
descended into insanity and madness
“To bed, to bed, there’s knocking at the gate. Come, come, come, come, give me your hand; what’s done cannot be undone. To bed, to bed, to bed” (Act 5, Scene 1)
guilt-ridden
“Not so sick, my lord, As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies That keep her from her rest” (Act 5, Scene 3)
demonic and wicked
“Of this dead butcher and his fiend like queen” (Act 5, Scene 9)
