Macbeth Key Quotes Flashcards
(15 cards)
What infamous quote is used by the witches at the start of the play?
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair.”
What does Macbeth say when trying to hide his ambition of becoming King?
“Stars, hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires.”
What does Lady Macbeth say to Macbeth in an effort to convince him to manipulate King Duncan?
“Look like th’ innocent flower but be the serpent under’t.”
What does King Duncan say to Lady Macbeth which contrasts her real character?
“Fair and noble hostess.”
What does Macbeth say when he hallucinates a vision of a dagger?
“Is this a dagger which I see before me?”
What does Macbeth say after he murders King Duncan?
“Macbeth does murder sleep - the innocent sleep.”
What does Macbeth say about King Duncan’s skin after his murder?
“Here lays Duncan, his silver skin laced with golden blood.”
What comment does Macbeth make to Lady Macbeth about his mental sanity in act 3?
“O full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife.”
What does Banquo say to his son Fleance just before he dies?
“O treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly!”
What do the witches say at the start of Act 4?
“Double, double toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble.”
What does Ross say to Macduff after his family’s murder?
“Your wife and babes savagely slaughtered.”
What does Lady Macbeth say when hallucinating visions of blood on her hands?
“Out, damned spot! Out, I say.”
What does Lady Macbeth say about Lady Macduff’s murder while feeling guilty?
“The Thane of Fife had a wife: where is she now?”
What does Macbeth say after Lady Macbeth’s suicide?
“She should have died hereafter.”
What does Macbeth say about god and life near the end of the play?
“It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury. Signifying nothing.”
