| “Fair is foul, and foul is fair, Hover through the fog and filthy air.”Who is speaking?Who are they speaking to?What does the quote literally mean?What is the significance of the quote (why is it important?) | -The 3 witches -Speaking to each other -whatever is fair for men is foul for the witches and nothing is as it seems -important because Macbeth is doing what he used to consider foul |
| “No more that thane of Cawdor shall deceive. Our bosom interest: go pronounce his present death,And with his former title greet Macbeth.”Who is speaking?Who are they speaking to?What does the quote literally mean?What is the significance of the quote (why is it important?) | -King Duncan -Speaking to Ross-The thane of Cowdor betrayed Duncan so they are going to kill him and make Macbeth Cowdor-Ironic because Macbeth is rewarded for being loyal to King Duncan, but will later betray him the most, by killing him for his own selfish desires |
| “All hail macbeth, hail to thee Thane of GlamisAll hail macbeth, hail to thee, thane of CawdorAll hail macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter”Who is speaking?Who are they speaking to?What does the quote literally mean?What is the significance of the quote (why is it important?) | -1st witch, 2nd with, and 3rd witch -Macbeth and Banquo -Telling him what he is going to be -After hearing this prophecy Macbeth tries to make it come true by leading him to do bad deeds |
| “I’ll be myself the harbinger and make joyful, the hearing of my wife with your approach. so humbly take my leave.”Who is speaking?Who are they speaking to?What does the quote literally mean?What is the significance of the quote (why is it important?) | -Macbeth-Duncan-I’m not happy unless I can be working for you. I will go ahead and bring my wife the good news that you are coming.-this is him saying he is not happy unless working for king and he tells his wife about prophecy and she convinces him to kill |
| “That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements. Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here and fill me from the crown to the toe topfull of direst cruelty”Who is speaking?Who are they speaking to?What does the quote literally mean?What is the significance of the quote (why is it important?) | -Lady Macbeth-to herself- Duncan’s entrance into my fortress, where he will die. Come, you spirits that asist murderous thoughts, make me less like a woman and more like a man, and fill me from head to toe with deadly cruelty! -Lady Macbeth’s character in that she knows this will be a bad act on her part and she hopes that the spirits take away her femininity so that she has the manhood to kill |
| “Duncan comes here tonight.” | -Macbeth-Lady Macbeth-The king has his fate and he will die soon |
| “O, never shall sun that morrow see! | -lady macbeth -Macbeth – it is really the first time that Lady Macbeth is trying to manipulate someone to do her dirty work. In this case it is her husband Macbeth and she’s trying to get him to kill Duncan so she can become queen. – that’s not exactly what this specific quote means. This quote means that Duncan will not see the sun tomorrow. In other words, he’s going to die. |
| “Yet do I fear thy nature, It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way.” | -Lady Macbeth -to herself -She is reading a letter from Macbeth that is informing her of the prophecy that witches told him, saying that he will be king- saying that there is no way that Macbeth will become king only by playing fairly. |
| “To have thee crowned withal.” | -Lady Macbeth -Macbeth-his is important because this is the first time that Lady Macbeth is literally telling Macbeth that she wants to be the queen. She also hints that she will do anything to become queen. |
| “Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t” | -Lady M-M-She is trying to convince Macbeth to become a villain and murder King Duncan. She encourages him to play the fabulous, welcoming host to the King, so that no one will suspect his true intention — -nce Macbeth turns to a villainous course of action and begins to hide his “serpent” behaviour behind a veil of niceness and false innocence, he gets deeper and deeper into the crimes he must commit, including the murder of his friend Banquo. |
| I have given suck and know how tender ’tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dashed the brains out, had i so sworn as you have done to this | -Lady M-M- talking to MB about the child she once had but has died – not quite. She’s mentioning that she has lost a child, but she isn’t talking about it in particular. she is challenging his manliness and showing that she would have followed through with her promises – this particular quote doesn’t attack his masculinity. -Shows a whole different side of LM she has many motivations |
| “When you durst do it, then you are a man.” | -LM-M- Lady Macbeth continues to call out Macbeth and his masculinity. Also this does have some effect on his pride too. |
| “Bring forth men-children only, for they undaunted mettle should compose nothing but males.” | -M-LM-Macbeth is saying to Lady MB that she is so ballsy that she would only birth boys, supposed to be a compliment. She had a child but we did not know the sex or age of it. |
| “Is this a dagger I see before me, The handle toward my hand?” | -Macbeth -his Soliloquy-first important hallucination before he kills the king. Macbeth has more important hallucinations throughout the play. |
| Whence is that knocking? — How is’t with me, when every noise appals me?What hands are here! Ha, they pluck out mine eyes. Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red. | -Macbeth-himself-Macbeth after he just killed Duncan and he is very paranoid. The guards are dead, and he thinks he hears people screaming. |
| “For them, the gracious Duncan have I murdered, put ranchers in the vessel of my peace only for them….” | MacbethHimselfsuddenly realizes “all this work I have done will all just be for banquo’s kids”here he comes up with the idea to kill the children and change the prophecy |
English Macbeth quotes
November 29, 2019