| If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair And make my sealed heart knock at my ribs | Loyalty to king starting to waver |
| That is a step On which I must fall down, or else o’erleap For in my way it lies | finds out malcolm will be crowned prince of Cumberland and get mad |
| There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face He was a gentleman on whom I built and absolute trust | faith in previous thane of cawdor |
| It is a peerless kinsman. | faith in current thane |
| the service and the loyalty I owe, in doing it, pays itself | macbeth acts loyal to the king, teling him that his service to him is his reward |
| Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t | Lady Macbeth |
| All our service, In every point twice done, and then done double | won’t be enough to repay Duncan’s kindness (lady macbeth is doing a great job acting loyal) |
| I am his kinsman and his subject- Strong both against the deed | reasons not to kill duncan |
| then, as his host, who should against his murderer shut the door not bear the knife himself | reasons continued |
| Duncan hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been so clear in his great office | Duncan has usee his rpyal powers gently and mercifully, he was a great king (reasons continued) |
| I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent , but only vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself And falls on the other | Macbeth has no reason to kill duncan |
| Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valour as thou art in desire | Lady macbeth questioning his loyalty to her to get him to betray Duncan |
| And when you durst do it, then you were a man And to be more than what you were, you would be so much more then man | shifting his loyalty |
| I am settled, and bend up, Each corporal agent to this terrible feat. | macbeth is intent on betraying Duncan |
| False face must hide what the false heart doth know | Macbeth to Lady Macbeth- loyal facade but disloyal in reality |
| We will proceed no further in this business He hath honoured me of late | more reasons for loyalty.. gratitude for the titles he gave him |
| Merciful powers, restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature gives wayvto in repose | banquo asks spirots to maintain his loyalty, cobtrast with lady Macbeth |
| so I lose none In seeking to augment it, but still keep my bosom franchised and my allegiance clear | unlike Macbeth, not willing to gain more power at his loyalty’s expense |
| There’s daggers in men’s smiles; the near blood, the nearer bloody. | (Donalbain to Malcolm) Donalbain says the closer they are, the more horrible foes they can become. Duncan’s murder makes his sons question each others loyalty |
| I fear thou played’st modt foully for it | banquo suspects Macbeth of treachery |
| Let your highness command upon me, to the which my duties are with a most indissoluble tie | Banquos mask if loyalty to Macbeth |
| It is concluded Banqo, thy souls flight, if it find heaven,must find it tonight | he must die before the royal banquet, at which he plans to appear loyal to his citizens similar to duncans death, two rhyming lines addressing his victim and the next day pretending to be loyal |
| be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, till thou applaud the deed | loyalty to his wife is slipping |
| Lennox ans lord voice the general suspicion that macbeth killed duncan and banquo and hope that “a swift blessing may soon return to this our suffering country under a hand accursed | subjects no longer loyal to him |
| give to th’edge o’th’sword His wife, his babies and all the unfortunate souls that trace him in his line | ordering deqth of macduffs family |
| he loves us not…. for the poor wren, the most diminutive of birds, will fight- her young ones in the nest- against the owl | lady macduff questioning her husbands loyalty |
| Macduff this noble passion, child of integrity, hath from my soul, wiped the black scruples, reconciled my thoughts to thy truth and honor | Malcolm proves Macduffs character and motives to establish his loyalty, learned from his father’s blind trust |
| bring thou this fiend of Scotland and myself; within my sword’s length set him | Macduff seeks to avenge his family, proves his loyalty to them |
| Those he commands move only in command,Nothing in love. | lost the loyalty of his subjects |
| She should have died hereafter | Macbeth regards hos wifes death callously as an irrelevant inconvenience |
| what i am truly is thine and my poor country’s to command | Malcolm I loyal to hus country (reluctant to trust macduff, fights macbeth) |
Macbeth Loyalty Quotes
September 6, 2019