Macbeth Quotes
"Methought I heard a voice cry, "Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep"—the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labor's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast"
•Macbeth says this to Lady Macbeth after he kills Duncan •He is no longer able to sleep •it is cruel to kill someone in their sleep because that is when they are most vulnerable and that is cowardly •Sleep is for the innocent, untangle worries, and heal body •Macbeth is no longer able to sleep after killing Duncan
"Tis better thee without than he within. Is he dispatched?"
•Macbeth says this to the murderer saying that he would rather see Banquo dead than alive
"Is this the dagger which I see before me, The handle towards my hand? Come let me clutch thee"
•Macbeth says this while he is hallucinating a dagger in front of him •he does not know if it is his responsibility to kill Duncan or not •inner conflict making him mad
"I go and it is done. The bell invites me. hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell"
•Macbeth thinks that the bell is telling him to kill Duncan •The bell decides whether he goes to heaven or hell because is he kill Duncan he is condemned to hell •nature has been upturned while he kills Duncan
"Two truths are told As happy prologues to the swelling act of the imperial theme. — I thank you gentlemen. This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill, cannot be good. If ill, Why hath given me earnest success Commencing in truth?"
•Said by Macbeth as an aside after he hears the predictions of the witches •The predictions of the witches concerning Macbeth are good however bad will come of them •the calm before the storm to come "swelling act" •truth 1 - the things the witches predicted are good •truth 2 - the things that come of the predictions are bad •anyone can go bad as a result of internal conflict and this is the beginning of Macbeth's
"That very frankly he confessed his treasons, implored your highness' pardon, and set forth a deep repentance. Northing in his life became him like the leaving it. He dread as one that had been studied in his death to throw away the dearest thing he owed as 'there a careless trifle"
•Said by Malcom talking to Duncan about the death of the previous Thane of Cawdor •the death of a noble man should be honorable and heroic •if someone dies in an honorable way as the Thane of Cawdor did not being scared at his execution it shows the honorable life he lived •foreshadows Macbeths death
"This I have though good to deliver thee, my dearest partner of greatness, that thou might've not lose the dues of rejoicing by being ignorant of what greatness is promised thee"
•in the letter that Macbeth writes to Lady Macbeth •shows the closeness of the couple at the beginning of the play Macbeth wants Lady Macbeth to be able to rejoice with him and he would feel bad if he did not immediately inform her of the prophecies •this shows that Macbeth does not place himself above his wife and that they are somewhat equal in their relationship •shows that Macbeth trusts her now however he will not later
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair; Hover through the fog and filthy air"
•said by "All" after conversation between the witches •Couplet-iambic pentameter •forshadow Macbeth's fate later in the book •meant to stand out •Fairness can be foul however foul can also be fair •fail but foul - Ducnan's death because Macbeth will be king but by mad means (murder) •someone who is good can be bad • in the air - everywhere
"For brave Macbeth (well he deserves that name), Disdaining Fortune, with his brandished steel"
•said by "Captain" to Duncan •King Duncan decides to put the Thane of Cawdor to death because he was not loyal •puts Macbeth as Thane of Cawdor because he is worthy •irony - chooses Macbeth because he is "loyal" but he eventually commits and even worse form of treason by killing Duncan
"Were such things here as we do speak about? Or have we eaten on the insane root That takes the reason prisoner?"
•said by Banquo •the witches have just disappeared as Macbeth asks them why they say that he will be the King •Banquo is still in shock and thinks that he just imagined the whole scene or was hallucinating from drugs (the insane root) •shows that Banquo is hesitant to the thought of power while Macbeth is very open to choosing evil
"No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive Our bosom interest. Go, pronounce his present death, And with former title greet Macbeth"
•said by Duncan to Ross who delivers the new to Macbeth King Duncan wants the old Thane of Cawdor killed so he can have Macbeth take his place •Shows how honorable the Kinds finds Macbeth to be - so much so that he would kill someone to have Macbeth take the position
"If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair. Ad make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature? Present fears are less than horrible images"
•said by Macbeth •Macbeth is describing the uneasy feeling he gets when he thinks about killing Duncan •he hopes that fate will run its course and that he will not have to kill Duncan •internal struggle of wanting to be king but being to scared to kill Duncan •struggle of knowing if killing Duncan is necessary
"All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis! All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth! That shalt be king hereafter!"
•the witches say this to Macbeth •predict that he will become Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland •poses the question: Is Macbeth doomed to go down his path of destruction or does he choose that on his own?
"Thou hast it now— king, Cawdor, Glamis, all / As Weird Women promised, and I fear / Thou played'st most foully for't. Yet it was said / It should not stand in thy posterity, / But that myself should be the root and father / Of many kings. If there come truth from them / (As upon thee, Macbeth, their speeches shine) / Why, by the verities on thee made good, / May they not be my oracles as well, And set me up in hope? But hush, no more"
-Banquo says this -Banquo thinks that it was Macbeth who killed King Duncan so he could fulfill the Witches' prophecy of becoming king. He is confused and doubtful because the prophecy said that Banquo's children would be the next king. He accuses Macbeth that his children aren't king if the prophecy holds truth. -Banquo realizes that if Macbeth becomes king, he will do so illegally/violently, so he assumes that his children might become king the same way
"All's well, I dreamt last night of the three weird sisters, to you they showed some truth"
-Banquo says this -he is confirming that what Macbeth saw and heard form the witches is true and that Macbeth is being rational
"A heavy summons lies like lead upon me, / And yet I would not sleep. Merciful powers, / Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature / Gives way to repose"
-Banquo says this -he thinks about the benefits of killing King Duncan - he only thinks these evil thoughts when he sleeps and never goes through with them during the day unlike Macbeth
"Here's the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand"
-Lady Macbeth says this -no perfume will mask the smell of the blood -nothing can take away her guilt
"What, will these hands ne'er be clean?"
-Lady Macbeth says this -she continues to wash her hands and get not get the blood out symbolizes her guilt
"Out, damned spot, out, I say!"
-Lady Macbeth says this -she want the blood out and the guilt gone
"What's done cannot be undone. To bed, to bed, to bed."
-Lady Macbeth says this -these are her last words -she knows she can never undo what she did and the guilt overtakes her -it is speculated she then kills herself
"Naught's had, all spent, where our desire is got without content. Tis safer to be that which we destroy/ Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy"
-Lady Macbeth says this -They have their goal, of being king and queen, but -they did not get the happiness they wanted from it -Her aside is marking her turn of character -Maybe it would be better to not have murdered because it takes away your joy since you are worried about being caught -"5 stages of guilt" -1st stage: Denial
"Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?"
-Lady Macbeth says this -blood symbolizes guilt
"That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold / What hath quenched them hath given me fire. Hark! — Peace. / It was the owl that shrieked, the fatal bellman"
-Lady Macbeth says this -she is very angry and upset -sets mood if contempt and worry
"Things without all remedy should be without regard./ What's done is done"
-Lady Macbeth says this to Macbeth -She believes Macbeth should move on and be happy because they cannot change the past. -Dramatic irony- we know that Macbeth is planning to kill Banquo
"Who cannot want the thought how monstrous / It was for Malcolm and for Donalbain / To kill their gracious father? Damned fact, / How it did grieve Macbeth!"
-Lennox is being ironic and giving the scene a -satirical tone. -He is saying that everyone agrees that Duncan's sons killed him, but that is clearly not true. -When he says that Macbeth has been so upset, he is being ironic because he thinks Macbeth is sad just because he died, not because he killed Duncan.
"Our chimneys were blown down, and as they say, / Lamentings heard I' th' air, strange screams of death, / And prophesying, with accents terrible, / Of dire combustion and confused events"
-Lennox says this to Macbeth -Most of the characters are finding out that Duncan has been killed in this scene -This quote brings an eerie mood, foreshadowing the death of Duncan that the characters are about to find out about. -The quote includes "screams" and "prophesying," giving the whole scene a confused and creepy mood -Duncan's death upsets nature
"The obscure bird clamored the livelong night. Some say the Earth was feverous and did shake" (lines 67-69)
-Lennox says this to Macbeth -Sets mood of the story. The injustice is known to nature and it is calling out the injustice to everyone. The owl calls out and is later represented as Macbeth and he wants to call out about his murder yet he only reveals that he murdered the servants. -Similar to the bell ringing - signal from something afar that something is amiss
"As easy mayst thousand the intrenchant [invulnerable] air / With they keen sword impress as [leave a mark on] make me bleed. Let fall that blade on vulnerable crests [heads]; / I bear a charméd life, which must not yield / To one born of woman"
-Macbeth is saying this -he is calling himself invincible to Macduff because no one born of man can kill him -he is extremely egotistical -he has had not consequences for his actions up to this point
"So shall I, love,/ And so I pray be you. Let your remembrance/ Apply to Banquo; present him eminence/ Both with eye and tongue: unsafe that while that we must leave our honors in these flattering streams/ And make our faces vizards to our hearts,/ Disguising what they are"
-Macbeth is telling Lady Macbeth to remember Banquo -Macbeth wants Lady Macbeth to say nice things -Dramatic irony- ironic that Macbeth is telling Lady Macbeth to disguise her feelings, but he is hiding his feelings and the fact he has sent the murderers to kill Banquo
-"Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff. Beware the thane of Fife. Let me go. Enough" -"Be bloody bold and resolute... no man born of woman shall harm Macbeth" -"Be lion-mettled, proud, and take no care who chafes, who frets or where conspires are. Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to High Dunsinane Hill come against him"
-3 apparitions -said by the witches -beware of Macduff -no one born of man will harm Macbeth -he will be okay until the woods walk up the hill -Macbeth does not believe any of these (besides the Macduff one) because he thinks they are ridiculous
"His secret murders sticking on his hands. Now minutely revolts upbraid his faith-breach. Those he commands move only in command"
-Angus says this -he is saying that Macbeth is starting to feel the guilt of the murders he has committed. His actions seem to haunt him. -Macbeth's own people are starting to turn against him or at least have lost respect for him.
"In seeking to augment it, but still keep My bosom franchised and allegiance clear; I shall be counseled"
-Banquo is telling Macbeth that he will help him as long as his conscience can stay clear -Banquo knows that Macbeth is up to know good and by reveling this he gets himself killed
"Let your highness / command upon me, to which my duties / are with a most indissoluble tie / forever knit."
-Banquo says this -Banquo is saying that he is loyal to the king no matter who it is -Banquo is the good and moral character of the story
"She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time"
-Macbeth says this -He sees her death as more of an inconvenience. --He's not upset that she's dead, only that she chose an inconvenient time to die. -Her death was not unexpected for him and he knew that it was going to happen sooner or later, earlier in Act V he was talking to the doctor about how she is very sick.
"Of all men else I have avoided thee. / But get thee back. My soul is too much charged / With the blood of thine already"
-Macbeth says this -Macbeth is about to fight Macduff -Macbeth is worried to fight him however he thinks that Macduff can not kill him -he has already killed all of Macduff's family
"I'll go no more. / I am afraid to think what I have done. / Look on 't again I dare not"
-Macbeth says this -Macbeth is concerned and upset -he is feeling the guilt for what he did -he does not want to think about the murder
" Then live, Macduff; what need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure And take a bond of fate. Thou shalt not live, That I may tell pale-hearted fear it lies, And sleep in spite of thunder"
-Macbeth says this -he is not scared of Macduff killing him because he thinks that no one born of man can kill him -however he decides to plot to kill him and his family anyway
"Accursed be that tongue that tells me so, For it hath cowed my better part of man! And be these juggling fiends no more believed, That palter with us in a double sense, That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope. I'll not fight with thee."
-Macbeth says this -he is cursing the witches for telling him the apparitions that came true that lead to Macduff about to kill him -he tell Macduff that he wont fight him
"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes"
-Macbeth says this -he is going to see the witches -he is entirely evil and dehumanized at this point
"From this moment The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. And even now, To crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought and done: The castle of Macduff I will surprise, Seize upon Fife, give to th' edge o' th' sword His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls That trace him in his line"
-Macbeth says this -he is planning to kill Macduff and his family as well because the apparitions told him to be aware of him -this shows how paranoid and far down the path to insanity Macbeth is
"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing"
-Macbeth says this after Lady Macbeth's death -He talks about the meaning of life and how empty and meaningless it is almost immediately before he goes into battle with Macduff and loses his own life - He is still trying to justify all the killing he's done by downplaying the value of life. -There is no legacy to look forward to and he will be dead and gone for good if he died
"Thou canst not say I did it. Never shake / Thy gory locks at me"
-Macbeth says this to Banquo's ghost -Macbeth refuses to take the blame for Banquo's murder. -While Macbeth didn't commit the actual murder, as he sent murderers to do the deed, he does feel guilty, as he hallucinates Banquo's ghost at his royal banquet. -Macbeth tells Banquo that he cannot shake his head at Macbeth for this crime.
"'And let the angel whom thou still hast served/ Tell thee Macduff was from his mother's womb/ untimely ripped'"
-Macduff says this -he says that he was not born naturally -he then kills Macbeth and was not born of man making the 1st and 2nd apparitions true
"'Hold fast the mortal sword and, like good men, bestride our downfall'n birthdom. Each new morn new widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows strike heaven on the face..."
-Macduff says this -This shows how Macduff encourages the death of Macbeth to avenge Scotland. -This foreshadows the death of Macbeth and the reoccurring death of a King for the next in line to rise to the throne, according to the prophecies. -This also shows the fallen world of Scotland as death permeates through the country brought on by Macbeth. -The "fallen world" is characterized by panic, death and crimes against authority that is viewed as corrupt. -Elizabethan chain of being.
"Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth!... be bloody, bold, and resolute. Laugh to scorn the power of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth"
-This is spoken by the second ghost that the witches show Macbeth, a bloody child. -This is interesting because a child is the thing Macbeth fears (he has no heir, he's afraid that banquo's children will become kings and usurp him), and it is bloody because of Macbeth's murders, which he feels guilt over. -However, the ghost that would be so terrible to Macbeth reassures him that he will not be killed by a man Born of woman = natural birth
"We will proceed no further in this business: He hath honor'd me of late, and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be now in their newest gloss, Not cast aside so soon"
•Macbeth says this to Lady Macbeth •Macbeth does not want to kill Duncan •He does not want to kill him because he is the King whom which he is loyal too •loyalty - masculine trait showing that he does have some masculinity unlike Lady Macbeth perceives •telling Lady Macbeth he will not do it because he would be manipulating faith and then will not be worthy of the outcome •he is conflicted because he does not know if the witches were telling him to be bad or if that was his fate all along •using the "I am so close and I deserve this" ideology as an excuse and justification
"Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep In the affliction of these terrible dreams That shake us nightly. Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace"
•Macbeth is jealous of the dead because he no longer had any peace and can ever sleep because of his nightmares
"So foul and fair a day I Have not seen"
•Macbeth is repeating what the Witches said earlier •Possibly talking about battle that day: Foul - many men died and it was a hard battle; Fair - they won the battle and earned honor and glory •Possibly foreshadowing what the witches predict: Fair - he will be King and Banquo's sons will be king; Foul - Macbeth uses this information to kill people and commit evil acts
"Still it cried, 'Sleep no more!' To all the house. 'Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more. Macbeth shall sleep no more'"
•Macbeth is saying his because he knows that he will never sleep will again with the guild of killing DUncan •he feels like a coward for attacking Duncan when he was defenseless •all his names mean always evil?
"No son of mine succeeding. If 't be so, for Banquo's issue have I filed my mind; for them the gracious Duncan have I murdered; put rancors in the vessel of my peace"
•Macbeth is saying that he killed Duncan only for Banquo's sons to eventually become king •he ruined any peace he had only for their benefit
"Now o'er the one-half word Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse the curtained sleep. Witchcraft celebrates Pale Hectate's off'rings, and withered murder"
•Macbeth is saying that now, during the night, is the perfect time to kill Duncan •the world is asleep and during the night is when witchcraft and evil are most active
"To be thus is nothing, But to be safely thus. Our fears in Banquo Stick deep, and in his royalty of nature Reigns that which would be feared. 'Tis much he dares, And to that dauntless temper of his mind He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valor To act in safety"
•Macbeth is talking to himself •he knows that Banquo is onto him and thinks he must kill him to keep his crown •he says that there is no worth in being king if he can not continue being king
"Moves like a ghost. Thou sure a firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear"
•Macbeth is talking to himself on his wya to kill Duncan •he is telling the earth not to echo his steps to that no one hears him
"Then comes my fit again. I had else been perfect, Whole as the marble, founded as the rock, As broad and general as the casing air. But now I am cabinet, cribbed, confined; bound in To saucers doubts and fears. — But Banquo's safe"
•Macbeth is unhappy that one of Banquo's sons escaped because now there is still a chance that his son will obtain the throw •shows Macbeth's downhill spiral
"Come what come may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day"
•Macbeth is using time as an excuse to make the predictions happen •He is trying to justify the idea of killing Duncan saying that his fate will run its course anyway •However he is also saying that if the first prediction came true with no help he should not have to kill Duncan •Macbeth's interval conflict
"If the assassination could trammel up the consequence and catch with his surcease success; that but this blow might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, we'd jump the life to come"
•Macbeth says in an aside •he is saying that if he just does this one murder then he will be king and everything will be over because the predictions will have come true •trying to justify his actions and satisfy his inner turmoil •He is saying that the witches told him he would be king but since they did not tell him how he is forced to kill Duncan
"Will All great Neptune's ocean cannot wash this blood from my hands..making the green one red"
•Macbeth says this •green - life •red - death •making the good bad •Macbeth is guilty
"The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step On which I must fall down or lose o'erleap, For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires. the eye wink at the hand, yet let that be Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see"
•Macbeth says this as an aside •saying that it is a shame that he wants to kill Duncan •He wants to be king and kill Duncan however he is very conflicted and hesitant to do it •Had this "evil" in him and he is trying to bury it however the predictions are causing it to emerge
"He's here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, not bear the knife myself"
•Macbeth says this later in his aside showing how he is very conflicted and going back and forth between what he thinks •Two reasons he should not kill Duncan •First Reason : Regicide is dishonorable and upsets the Elizabethan chain of being •Second Reason : Duncan is staying in Macbeth's house and Duncan is the guest in which he should not kill him but be protecting him
"The Thank of Cawdor live, why do you dress me In borrowed robs?"
•Macbeth says this right after Angus and Ross tell him that he is to become the Thane of Cawdor because the Thane of Cawdor was executed for treason •Macbeth is confused because he does not understand why he is inheriting the title •first prediction to come true which shows that Macbeth is now having a hard time digesting that the possibility of him being king is a reality •highlights Macbeth's internal struggle through this process of accepting his fate from the witches •foreshadows how Macbeth is going to struggle to understand the predictions
"A dagger of the mind, a false creation preceding front eh heat-oppressed brain? I see thee yet, in from as palpable as this which I now draw"
•Macbeth says this showing he is so insane that his mind is creating weapons and fantasizing about using them •his inner mind is turning evil
-" I am not treacherous" -"But Macbeth is. A good and virtuous nature may recoil In an imperial charge. But I shall crave your pardon. That which you are, my thoughts cannot transpose. Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell. Though all things foul would wear the brows of grace, Yet grace must still look so
-Malcolm is saying that even though Macduff is a good man he could still be corrupted and eventually turn to Macbeth's side -He is saying that not all people are bad because even though evil tries to look good and appealing good also is appealing and some people are saved from that despite our "fallen world". -Allusion to Lucifer - he was a good angel and good in God's eyes until the hour before he fell
"I think our country sinks beneath the yoke"
-Malcolm says this -our country has fallen to evil
"'Let every soldier hew him down a bough/ And bear't before him./ Thereby shall we shadow/ The numbers of our host and make discovery/ Err in report of us'"
-Malcolm says this -tells every soldier to sue branches as camo -3rd apparition comes true
"What I believe I'll wail; What know believe, and what I can redress, As I shall find the time to friend, I will. What you have spoke, it may be so perchance"
-Malcolm says this -he is saying that he is going to make right everything that Macbeth has done to disrupt the country
"Nay, had I power, I should Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell, Uproar the universal peace, confound All unity on Earth"
-Malcolm says this -he is saying that he is to full of bad qualities and that if he were King he would throw peace to hell and cause uproar in the land -need to cause a war to get rid of Macbeth -need to destroy everything to make peace again -milk = weakness and peace again
"He hath no touched you yet. I am young, but something"
-Malcolm says this to Macduff saing that Macbeth has not hurt him yet -dramatic irony because Macduff does not know yet that Macbeth killed his whole family
"Faith, here's an equivocator / that could swear in both the scales against either / scale, who committed treason enough for God's / sake yet could not equivocate to Heaven"
-Porter (Doorman) - comic relief; to balance tension of killing Duncan -Rationalize killing Duncan
"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble"
-Said by the withces -foreshadows Macbeth's death
"'Tis unnatural, even like the deed that's done. On Tuesday last a falcon, tow'ring in her pride of place, was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed"
-The old man says this -The falcon represents the king and the owl represents Macbeth. The owl is supposed to kill the mice not falcons who are known as superior bird to the owl yet the owl kills the falcon. Disturbs the way of nature. -Elizabethan chain of being - everything man and god made is on this chain -Mice dont kill falcons thats not how the chain works -Soldiers dont kill their king -This kink in the chain from Macbeth killing Duncan upsets nature
"Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown And put a barren scepter in my grip, thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding"
•Macbeth Shows jealousy because he thinks Banquo will be the one to take him down because he knows him too well and his sons will be the heirs to the throne
"The twofold balls and treble scepters carry, Horrible sight! Now I see 'tis true, For the blood-boltered Banquo smiles upon me And points at them for his"
-macbeth does not understand the 3rd apparition and demands further explanation that he does not get -he does not want to believe it but feels he should because the other predictions of the witches came true -he decides to ignore it because it is ridiculous
"Cool it with a baboon's blood, then the charm is firm and good"
-one of the witches says this -The witches' spell is sealed with blood, this connects blood to the ideas of evil and finality
"Awake, awake! / Ring the alarum bell. — Murder and treason! / ... / Shake off this downy sleep, death's counterfeit, / And look to death itself"
-said by Macbeth and Lennox -dramatic irony because Macbeth is telling people Duncan i dead however he obviously already knew -once the characters learn about Duncan's death chaos erupts -characters try to figure out what happened to him
"Than on the torture of the mind to lie in restless ecstasy. Duncan is in his grave After life's fitful fever he sleeps well"
•Macbeth days this •sleep is no longer seen as pure but associated with death and eternal sleep
"And, on thy blade and dudgeon, gouts of blood, which was not so before. There's no such thing. It is the bloody business which informs"
•Macbeth is imagining the blood on the dagger
"All's well / I dreamt last night of the three Weird Sisters / To you they have showed some truth" "I think not of them"
•Banquo is hesitant about his feelings towards the witches predictions •Macbeth does not admit his inner conflict about their predictions •foreshadows how Macbeth gets so caught up that he ends up killing Banquo •Banquo does not cheat to make the predictions come true however Macbeth does
"Thou hast is now - king, Cawdor, Glamis, all As the Weird Women promised, and I fear Thou played'st most foully for't"
•Banquo says this •he is calling out Macbeth for possibly charting to get the crown •Macbeth realizes that Banquo is onto him
"O treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly! Thou may 'st revenge —O slave"
•Banquo says this to his son Fleance as the murderers are killing him and his sons •Macbeth feels that be had to kill Banquo and his sons to protect his throne
"Lesser than Macbeth and much greater. Not so happy, yet much happier. Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none. So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!"
•Banquo will be lesser personally because he will not be king but his legacy will continue and be reaper his sons will be king •Banquo will not be Kind but his descents will be - most ambiguous part of the prediction •Macbeth does not want to accept this piece of the prediction
"Thou'ld'st have, great Glamis, That which cries, 'Thus thou must do,' if thou have it, and which rather thou dost fear to do, Than wishes should be undone"
•Lady Macbeth is talking to herself after receiving Macbeth's letter •she is not afraid to do whatever is necessary to get the crown for Macbeth •she is manipulative and wants Macbeth to be more assertive and aggressive to get what he wants •she knows she is either going to have to do it herself or convince him since he is not "masculine" or brave enough
"Come to my woman's breasts and take my milk for gall, you mud'ring ministers"
•Lady Macbeth saying this leads people to believe that she possible had a child that died •if she had a child that died she feels that she has failed as a mother and must be masculine and cruel since she is not feline because she did not full fill traditional feminine duties
"Yet I do fear thy nature; It is so full o'th' milk of human kindness to catch the earnest way. Thou wouldst be great, art not without ambition, but without the illness should attend it"
•Lady Macbeth says this after reading Macbeth's letter •She is happy for Macbeth however she is not content with waiting for the prophecies to come true •she does not think he husband has the bravery to kill Duncan because he is to "feminine" or weak •Milk =femininity=peace=weakness
"Come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direct cruelty. Make thick my blood"
•Lady Macbeth says this after reading the letter from Macbet •she is equating femininity with weakness and masculinity with strength •she is saying that her her husband is not masculine enough to kill Duncan so thus she must become more masculine and kill him herself
"What's the business,/ That such a hideous trumpet calls to parley/ The sleepers of the house? Speak, speak. . . Woe, alas! What, in our house'"
•Lady Macbeth says this in response to the trumpets announcing Duncans death •"hideous" shows that she does not actually care and obviously knows that he is already dead
"go get some water, and wash this filthy witness from your hand. why did you bring these daggers from the place? they must lie there: go carry them; and smear the sleepy grooms with blood."
•Lady Macbeth scolds her husband, saying that a little water will wash the blood from his hands, and that it is merely his firmness of purpose that has left him. •blood symbolizes guilt •foreshadows Lady Macbeth's guilt
"Hie thee hither, that I may pour my spirits in thine ear And chastise with the valor of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round"
•Lady Macbeth talking to herself after receiving Macbeth's letter •she desires power and to become Queen •wants to manipulate Macbeth to allow herself to become Queen and him King faster
