Macbeth – scenes and key quotes
1.1
3 witches.
‘Fair is foul, and foul is fair’
1.2
Macbeth and Banquo – brave warriors.
‘Like valour’s minion carved out his passage’
‘O valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman!’
1.3
Macbeth and Banquo meet the witches. First set of prophecies are revealed.
‘So foul and fair, a day I have not seen’
‘What are these so withered and so wild in their attire’
‘If good, why do I yield to that suggestion, whose horrid image doth unfix my hair’
1.4
Macbeth meets King Duncan.
‘Stars, hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires’
‘It is a peerless kinsman’
1.5
Lady Macbeth receives Macbeth’s letter. Begins manipulation.
‘Thy nature, it is too full o’ th’milk of human kindness’
‘Come, you spirits, that tend on mortal thoughts, unisex me here’
‘Look like th’innocent flower, but be the serpent underneath’
1.6
Duncan arrives at Macbeth’s castle.
‘See, see our honoured hostess’
, Macbeth – scenes and key quotes
1.7
Macbeth’s soliloquy.
‘I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition’
‘Was the hope drunk wherein you dressed yourself’
‘Art thou a’feard’
‘Screw your courage to the sticking place and we’ll not fail’
2.1
Macbeth and Banquo discuss the witches. Vision of dagger.
‘Is this a dagger I see before me, the handle toward my hand?’
‘I go, and it is done; the bell invites me’
2.2
Macbeth feels guilty about murdering King Duncan. Lady Macbeth questions his
courage.
‘Methought I heard a voice cry, ‘sleep no more, Macbeth does murder sleep”
‘Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?’
‘My hands are of your colour, but I shame to wear a heart so white’
2.3
Macduff finds King Duncan’s body.
‘Where we are, there’s daggers in men’s smiles’
2.4
Macduff suspects Malcolm and Donalbain.
‘Then ‘tis most like the sovereignty will fall upon Macbeth’
1.1
3 witches.
‘Fair is foul, and foul is fair’
1.2
Macbeth and Banquo – brave warriors.
‘Like valour’s minion carved out his passage’
‘O valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman!’
1.3
Macbeth and Banquo meet the witches. First set of prophecies are revealed.
‘So foul and fair, a day I have not seen’
‘What are these so withered and so wild in their attire’
‘If good, why do I yield to that suggestion, whose horrid image doth unfix my hair’
1.4
Macbeth meets King Duncan.
‘Stars, hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires’
‘It is a peerless kinsman’
1.5
Lady Macbeth receives Macbeth’s letter. Begins manipulation.
‘Thy nature, it is too full o’ th’milk of human kindness’
‘Come, you spirits, that tend on mortal thoughts, unisex me here’
‘Look like th’innocent flower, but be the serpent underneath’
1.6
Duncan arrives at Macbeth’s castle.
‘See, see our honoured hostess’
, Macbeth – scenes and key quotes
1.7
Macbeth’s soliloquy.
‘I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition’
‘Was the hope drunk wherein you dressed yourself’
‘Art thou a’feard’
‘Screw your courage to the sticking place and we’ll not fail’
2.1
Macbeth and Banquo discuss the witches. Vision of dagger.
‘Is this a dagger I see before me, the handle toward my hand?’
‘I go, and it is done; the bell invites me’
2.2
Macbeth feels guilty about murdering King Duncan. Lady Macbeth questions his
courage.
‘Methought I heard a voice cry, ‘sleep no more, Macbeth does murder sleep”
‘Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?’
‘My hands are of your colour, but I shame to wear a heart so white’
2.3
Macduff finds King Duncan’s body.
‘Where we are, there’s daggers in men’s smiles’
2.4
Macduff suspects Malcolm and Donalbain.
‘Then ‘tis most like the sovereignty will fall upon Macbeth’
