| Important Quotes - Speaker and Meaning |
| #1 |
“O, treachery. Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly! / Thou mayst revenge.” |
Banquo, Banquo is being murdered and manages to get his son to run away. |
| #2 |
“O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!” |
Macbeth, Macbeth is unable to enjoy his life as king because Banquo is still alive. |
| #3 |
'Lay on, Macduff, / And damned be him that first cries, 'Hold, enough!' |
Macbeth, Macbeth has decided to fight Macduff even though he no longer feels protected by the predictions of the witches. |
| #4 |
“Out, damned spot. Out, I say!” |
Lady Macbeth, Lady Macbeth dreams about blood on her hands because she is being drive mad by guilt. |
| #5 |
“By the pricking of my thumbs, / Something wicked this way comes.' |
Witch, the witches sense that Macbeth is near because they feel his evil. |
| Important Quotes - Speaker and Meaning |
| #1 |
'Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow / creeps in this petty pace from day to day.' |
Macbeth, Macbeth has just learned that Lady Macbeth is dead and he is disillusioned with his life. |
| #2 |
Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf, / Witches' mummy, maw and gulf / Of the ravined salt sea shark, / Root of hemlock digged i' the dark.' |
Witch, the witches are creating a potion that will allow magical apparitions to speak to Macbeth about his future. |
| #3 |
'Is execution done on Cawdor? Are not / Those in commission yet returned?' |
Duncan, Duncan would like to know if the Thane of Cawdor has been executed yet. |
| #4 |
From this moment / the very firstlings of my heart shall be / The firstlings of my hand.' |
Macbeth, Macbeth is vowing to do whatever first pops into his head without thinking about it. This is bad news for the Macduffs. |
| #5 |
'Who did strike out the light?' |
Murderer, Murderer 3 asks this because the light going out meant Fleace was able to get away. |
| Major Themes and Events |
| #1 |
The second time Macbeth goes to see the witches and they show him the apparitions, what is the first prediction he gets? |
Beware the Thane of Fife, Macduff. |
| #2 |
What two predictions do the appartitions/witches make that cause Macbeth to believe he can't be defeated? |
Birnam wood must move to Dunsinane Castle for Macbeth to be defeated, and he can't be harmed by any man born of woman. |
| #3 |
How does Birnam wood move to Dunsinane? |
Malcolm and his allies cut down thousands of branches and use them to disguise their number, so it looks like the wood is moving. |
| #4 |
Why does Malcolm lie and tell Macduff that he has terrible character flaws and can't be king? |
Malcolm wants to test Macduff and see if he really cares about Scotland and make sure Macduff is not working for Macbeth. |
| #5 |
Why is Macduff able to kill Macbeth? |
He was born by what we would call a c-section, which the apparitions consider different than being 'born of woman.' |
| Important Quotes - Speaker and Meaning |
| #1 |
“For thy undaunted mettle should compose, / nothing but males.” |
Macbeth, Macbeth considers Lady Macbeth so tough, she should not have female children but instead only have males. |
| #2 |
“I have done no harm. But I remember now / I am in this earthly world, where to do harm / Is often laudable, to do good sometime / Accounted dangerous folly.” |
Lady Macduff, Lady Macduff realizes that in their world, doing evil is praised, doing good is considered silly. |
| #3 |
'Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle towards my hand? Come, let me clutch / thee.' |
Macbeth, before Macbeth goes to kill Duncan, he imagines that there is a dagger leading the way. |
| #4 |
'And yet the eighth appears, who bears a glass / Which shows me many more, and some I see / That two-fold 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, the witches show Macbeth that Banquo's decendents will be kings. Shakespeare also makes a reference to King James here. |
| #5 |
'He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear / his hopes 'bove wisdom, grace, and fear - / And you all know, security / Is mortals' chiefest enemy.' |
Hecat, Hecat is discussing how they will draw Macbeth into confusion and make him feel that he is safe. |
| Major Themes and Events/Quotes - Speaker and Meaning |
| #1 |
Why is Hecat upset that the witches did not call her when they met Macbeth the first time? |
Hecat did not get the opportunity to show all her power, and she also thinks that Macbeth was not a good choice for the witches to talk to. |
| #2 |
'My lord is often thus, / And hath been from his youth. Pray you, keep seat. / The fit is momentary. Upon a thought / He will again be well. If much you note him, / You shall offend him and extend his passion.' |
Lady Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is attempting to cover up her husband's strange behavior while Macbeth panics over seeing Banquo's ghost. |
| #3 |
Give three examples of Macbeth being unable to be happy with what he has. |
Killing Duncan for the crown, killing Banquo and attempting to kill Fleance so Banquo's decendants will not inherit the crown, going to the witches for more predictions, asking the witches for information about Banquo's decendants (other answers may be acceptable.) |
| #4 |
'The spring, the head, the fountain of your blood / Is stopped. The very source of it is stopped.' |
Macbeth, Macbeth is speaking to Malcolm and Donalbain, telling them their father is dead with metaphor. |
| #5 |
'Turn, hellhound, turn!' |
Macduff, Macduff has found Macbeth on the battlefield, he has special reason to despise Macbeth and intends to kill him. |
