Macbeth quotes and themes Flashcards
(12 cards)
“Fair is ___, and ___ is fair.”
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair.”
Theme: Supernatural (The Witches introduce the theme of deception)
“Is this a ____ which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?”
“Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand.”
Theme: Supernatural (Macbeth hallucinates before killing Duncan)
“Out, ______ spot! I say!”
“Out, damned spot! I say!”
Theme: Lady Macbeth (Lady Macbeth’s guilt manifests as hallucinations of blood on her hands)
“Vaulting _______, which ________ itself and falls on the other.”
“Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself and falls on the other.”
Theme: Ambition (Macbeth is describing how is ambition is growing)
“Stars, _____ your fires; let not light see my _____ and ______ desires.”
“Stars, hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires.”
Theme: Ambition (Macbeth describes his ambition in greater detail as he mentions his black and deep desires)
“Look like th’ _______ flower, but be the _______ under’t.”
“Look like th’ innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t.”
Theme: Manipulation (Lady Macbeth is manipulating macbeth to appear sweet and kind on the outside but on the inside be evil)
“When you _____ do it, then you were a ___.”
“When you durst do it, then you were a man.”
Theme: Manipulation (Lady macbeth questions macbeth’s masculinity as he is being a coward)
“Yet do i fear thy ______; it is too full o’ th’ milk of human _________.”
“Yet do i fear thy nature; it is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness.”
Theme: Lady Macbeth (Lady macbeth thinks that macbeth is too soft to kill duncan)
“His virtues will plead like ______.”
“His virtues will plead like angels.”
Theme: Kingship (Macbeth thinks duncan is a good king and that if he were to kill him it is a crime against heaven)
“Like a _____ robe upon a _________ thief.”
“Like a giant’s robe upon a dwarfish thief.”
Theme: Kingship (Macbeth does not fit the roles for a king hence why the robes of duncan are too big for him and the title of a king is too grand)
“O nation ________, with an untitled _______ bloody-sceptered.”
“O nation miserable, with an untitled tyrant bloody-sceptered.”
Theme: Tyranny
(Macduff believes that macbeth is illegitimate and isnt a good king, he also mentions his bloody dagger to suggest foul play)
“I am in ____ stepped in so ____.”
“I am in blood stepped in so far.”
Theme: Tyranny (Macbeth is telling us the amount of people he has killed in his life is a meaning to not turn back and the tyranny is feeding itself)
