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1
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Witches (1.1) Fair…

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“Fair is foul and foul is fair”

2
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Captain (1.2) Till he…

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“Till he unseamed him from the nave to the chops”

3
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Macbeth (1.3) So foul…

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“So foul and fair a day I have not seen”

4
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Macbeth (1.3) Speak if…

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“Speak if you can! - What are you?”

5
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Macbeth (1.3) [to banquo] Your children…

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“Your children shall be kings”

Banquo- “you shall be king.”

6
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Banquo (1.3) to win is to our…

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“To win is to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths… to betray in deepest consequence”

7
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Macbeth (1.3) This supernatural…

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“This supernatural soliciting cannot be ill - cannot be good. If ill why hath it given me earnest of success commencing in a truth? I am thane if Cawdor”

8
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Macbeth (1.4) [aside] The prince of Cumberland…

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“The prince of Cumberland! - That is a step on which I must fall down, or else o’erleap, for in my way it lies”

9
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Macbeth (1.4) Stars hide…

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“Stars, hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires!”

10
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Lady Macbeth (1.5) It is too full of…

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“It is too full of the milk of human kindness”

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Lady Macbeth (1.5) Come you spirits…

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“Come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, index me here!”

12
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Lady Macbeth (1.5) And take my milk…

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“And take my milk for gall you murdering ministers”

13
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Lady Macbeth (1.5) Look like the innocent…

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“Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t”

14
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Macbeth (1.7) we will proceed…

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“We will proceed no further in this business”

15
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Macbeth (1.7) I dare do all that…

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“I dare do all that may become a man - who dares do more is none”

16
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Macbeth (1.7) if we should…

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“If we should fail-

We fail?”