Macbeth Flashcards
What quote at the start of the play shadows the events Macbeth commits
“Fair is foul and foul is fair”
What quote in act 1 scene 2 highlights Macbeth as a ruthless warrior
“Unseamed him from the nave to the chops”
What does Macbeth say about his vaulting ambition
“I have no spur to pick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition”
What line in the famous soliloquy in act 2 scene 1 shows macbeths ambition
“Is this a dagger which I see before me?”
What line in act 1 scene 4 expresses his ambition and darkness
Stars, hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires
What does Macbeth say in act 3 scene 4 accepting his guilt and tyranny
“I am in blood stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go over”
How does lady Macbeth describe her husband in act 1 scene 5
“Too full of the milk of human kindness”
What does Macbeth say that shows the audience he has acknowledged the consequences of his ambition in act 3 scene 4
“It will have blood, they say. Blood will have blood”
What does Macbeth say in act 2 scene 2 showing his guilt after killing Duncan
“Will all great neptunes ocean was this blood clean from my hand?”
What does Macbeth say when he sees the ghost of banquo in act 3 scene 4
“Never shake Thy gory locks at me”
Showing macbeths guilt after killing banquo
What does Macbeth say to his wife about his mind in act 3 scene 2
“O, full of scorpions is my mind”
The word “scorpions” shows the excruciating distress he is experiencing psychologically
