Lady Macbeth Quotes Flashcards
(20 cards)
Fill in the blank: ‘Out, out, brief ____!’
candle
Fill in the blank: ‘Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst ____.’
cruelty
True or False: Lady Macbeth believes that she has the strength to commit murder without remorse.
True
Fill in the blank: ‘Look like the innocent flower, but be the ____ under’t.’
serpent
Fill in the blank: ‘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 pluck’d my nipple from his boneless ____.’
gums
What does Lady Macbeth mean when she says, ‘What’s done is done’?
She means that they cannot change the past actions they have taken.
Fill in the blank: ‘All our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty ____.’
death
Fill in the blank: ‘Out, damned ____! Out, I say!’
spot
True or False: Lady Macbeth is portrayed as a character who is constantly filled with guilt.
True
Fill in the blank: ‘These deeds must not be thought after these ways; so, it will make us ____.’
mad
What is the significance of Lady Macbeth’s line, ‘Look like th’ innocent flower’?
It highlights her deceptive nature and her ability to manipulate appearances.
Fill in the blank: ‘When you durst do it, then you were a man; and, to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the ____.’
man
Fill in the blank: ‘I would, while it was smiling in my face, have pluck’d my nipple from his boneless gums, and dash’d the brains out, had I so sworn as you have done to this.’
child
True or False: Lady Macbeth is confident in her ability to control Macbeth’s actions.
True
Fill in the blank: ‘My hands are of your color, but I shame to wear a ____.’
heart
What does Lady Macbeth mean by ‘unsex me here’?
She wishes to rid herself of feminine qualities that she associates with weakness.
Fill in the blank: ‘Yet do I fear thy nature; it is too full o’ the milk of human ____.’
kindness
Fill in the blank: ‘Naught’s had, all’s spent, where our desire is got without ____.’
content
True or False: Lady Macbeth eventually succumbs to her guilt and madness.
True
Fill in the blank: ‘What’s done cannot be undone.’
True
