English Literature - Quotes - Macbeth

ENGLISH LITERATURE REVISION

MACBETH

KEY QUOTES

• 'For brave Macbeth - well he deserves that name' Act 1 Scene 2
  • first a foremost
  • warrior
  • courage
  • his bravery in battle
• 'This dead butcher' Act 5 Scene 6
  • thought as a fass murderer
  • Malcom doesn't use his name.
• 'Is this a dagger I see before me.' Act 2 Scene 1
  • uncertainty
  • murder
  • supernatural
  • death
• 'Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand.' Act 2 Scene 2

• 'Macbeth shall sleep no more' Act 2 Scene 2
  • murdered sleep
• 'Wake Duncan with thy knocking. I would thou couldst' Act 2 Scene 2
  • regret
  • guilt
• 'Life's but a walking shadow' Act 5 Scene 5
  • isolation
  • dispair
  • ghostly

• She is described as 'Fair and noble hostess' Act 1 Scene 6
  • Duncan trusts her
  • one of his most important lords
• She is referred to 'My dearest partner of greatness.' Act 1 Scene 5
  • Macbeth has affection for his wife
  • trusts her to help him wiht his plans
• 'A little water will clears us of this dead.' Act 2 Scene 2
  • calm
  • comforting Macbeth about the murder
  • water
  • blood
  • light of murder
• 'Out, damned spot! Out, I say!' Act 5 Scene 1
  • goes mental
  • seeing imaginary things 
  • kills herself

• 'We fail? But screw your courage to the sticking place and we'll not fail' Act 1 Scene 7
  • ambition

• 'Fair is foul, and foul is fail' Act 1 Scene 1
  • can't trust apperance
  • opposites
  • supernatural
• 'And oftentimes to win us our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths' Act 1 Scene 3
  • presented as agents of evil
  • deceptive
  • dangerous
• They says Banqo is 'Lesser than Macbeth, and greater' Act 1 Scene 3
• 'All hair Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Glamis' (Cawdor) (that shalt be king thereafter).
  • telling the future

•  He is described as 'lesser than Macbeth, and greater' Act 1 Scene 3
  • He won't become king but his decendants will.
• 'Noble Banquo, That hast no less deserved nor must be known No less to have done so' Act 1 Scene 4
  • king appreciates his qualities and honours him
  • noble suggests generosity of spirit, warmth and compassion.
• 'He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour' Act 3 Scene 1

• Banquo calls him 'Dear Duff' Act 2 Scene 3
  • he is held in esteem and affection
• 'Then live, Macduff: what need I fear of thee?' Act 4 Scene 3
  • Macbeth goes from hot to cold in his reaction to Macduff
  • he knows he sould fear Macduff
• 'Not born of woman' Act 5 Scene 3
  • links to witches when they told Macbeth that no man born of woman can harm him.
  • Macbeth believes he is safe, until he meets Macduff, who the witches told him to watch out for.  Macduff proves that it is possible for man not to be born of woman.
• 'Macduff, this nobel passion...thy good truth and honour' Act 4 Scene 3
  • he is a passionate and true men
  • Malcolm sees he can be trusted.

• 'Hail king, for so thou art' Act 5 Scene 6
  • he is the rightful kig and takes the crown in the end
• 'The butcher and his fiend-like queen'  Act 5 Scene 8
  • kingship
  • good king