MACBETH Quotes

Question 1

Act 1 Scene 2 - Ross
First introduction of Macbeth

Answer 1

Brave Macbeth - Well he deserves that name

Question 2

Act 1 Scene 4 - Macbeth
after Macbeth has been visited by witches
after he’s told he is Thane of Cawdor
shows he wasn’t influenced by Lady Macbeth but by the supernatural

Answer 2

Let not light see my dark and deep desires

Question 3

Act 1 Scene 5 - Lady Macbeth
she wants her femininity reduced and is willing to give her all for it

Answer 3

Unsex me here, and fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty

Question 4

Act 1 Scene 7 - Lady Macbeth
She convinces Macbeth to kill Duncan
emasculates him

Answer 4

“When thou durst do it, then you were a man”

Question 5

Act 2 Scene 2 - Macbeth
Just after he’s killed Duncan
feels guilty and wants his guilt washed away

Answer 5

Will all great Neptunes ocean wash this blood clean from my hand

Question 6

Act 5 Scene 2 - Macbeth
after he hears that Lady Macbeth has died
metaphor
realises life is short

Answer 6

“Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow”

Question 7

Act 1 Scene 5 - Lady Macbeth
convincing him to conceal his murderous intentions
emasculates him (convinces him to be more feminine)

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Act 1 Scene 5 - Macbeth
knowing banquo is still alive fills him with dread
metaphor

Answer 8

Full of scorpions is my mind

Question 9

Act 1 Scene 1 - The Witches
at the beginning

Answer 9

Fair is foul, foul is fair

Question 10

Act 1 Scene 3 - Banquo
voicing his concerns of the witches

Answer 10

The instruments of darkness tells us truths,
Win us with honest trifles to betrays
In deepest consequence