Macbeth Quotes

Question 1

Yet do I fear thy nature, it is to full o’ th’ milk

Answer 1

Of human kindness

Question 2

‘You are such a coward’

Answer 2

This presents lady Macbeth as a Machiavellian antagonist, as it shows that she is trying to exploit macbeths weaknesses (his ambition) in order to gain an advantage over him and make him commit regicide (the killing of the king)

Question 3

‘Out damn spot, out I say!’

Answer 3

Lady Macbeth is feeling very guilty after making Macbeth kill so many people and is starting to have hallucinations
Act 5 scene 1

Question 4

Tarquin’s ravishing strides

Answer 4

Tarquinius was a notorious Roman tyrant whom he compares himself to which foreshadows his actions later
Act 2 scene 1

Question 5

Have plucked my nipples from the boneless gum and dashed my brains out

Answer 5

She would dash a babies brain out and shows her ambition and emasculation of macbeth

Question 6

‘There if I grow/the harvest is your own’

Answer 6

The semantic field creates imagery of new life and growth presenting Duncan as a nurturing and kind person

Question 7

‘Go get some water’ (guilt)

Answer 7

Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both react differently to blood which reveal how their minds work. Here ‘Water is a symbol of purity and life