Macbeth Quote Bank
Theme Quotes
Gender Unsex me here- Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 5
O gentle lady, ’tis not for you to hear what I can speak. The repetition in a woman’s ear would murder as it
fell- Macduff, Act 2 Scene 3
You would be so much more the man- Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 7
Are you a man?- Lady Macbeth, Act 3 Scene 4
Wisdom? To leave his wife… his babes… his titles in a place from whence himself does fly? He loves us not-
Lady Macduff, Act 4 Scene 2
Bring forth men-children only, for the undaunted mettle should composé nothing but males- Macbeth, Act
1 Scene 7
Love My dearest partner of greatness- Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 5
She should have died hereafter- Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 5
O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife- Macbeth, Act 3 Scene 2
So I shall, love- Macbeth, Act 3 Scene 2
Nature A falcon has been savagely killed by an owl- Old man, Act 2 Scene 4
Horses have been eating each other- Old man, Act 2 Scene 4
Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it- Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 5
Greed The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I fall down or else o’erleap- Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 4
Betrayal No man of woman-born shall harm Macbeth- The witches, Act 4 Scene 1
A gentleman whom I built an absolute trust- Duncan, Act 1 Scene 4
Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it- Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 5
Where we are, there’s daggers in men’s smiles- Donaldbain, Act 2 Scene 3
Who can be… loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man.- Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 3
Light Stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires- Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 4
Supernatural In thunder, lightning, or in rain?- The witches, Act 1 Scene 1
Is this a dagger I see before me?- Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 1
Never shake thy gory locks at me!- Macbeth, Act 3 Scene 4
There to meet with Macbeth- The witches, Act 1 Scene 1
Power All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!- The witches, Act 1 Scene 3
My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical- Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 3
Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it- Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 5
Leave all the rest to me- Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 5
When you durst do it, then you were a man.- Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 7
Sleep What’s done cannot be undone, to bed, to bed, to bed- Lady Macbeth, Act 3 Scene 2
You lack the season of all natures, sleep- Lady Macbeth, Act 3 Scene 4
Sleep no more- Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 3
Macbeth does murder sleep- Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 3
Violence Who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?- Lady Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 1
My slaughterous thoughts- Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 5
I'm afraid to think what I have done- Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 2
Kingship All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!- The witches, Act 1 Scene 3
Fit to be king? You’re not fit to live!- Macduff, Act 4 Scene 3
The devil himself could not pronounce a title more hateful to mine ear.- Young Siward, Act 5 Scene7
Ambition 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, Act 1 Scene 3
My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical- Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 3
We have scorched the snake, not killed it- Macbeth, Act 3 Scene 2
Screw your courage to the sticking place and we’ll not fail- Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 7
The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I must fall down, or else o’erleap- Macbeth, Act 1 Scene
4
Appearances Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?- Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 3
Look like th’innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t- Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 5
False face must hide what the false heart doth know- Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 7
Guilt Is this a dagger which I see before me?- Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 1
Macbeth does murder sleep.- Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 2
My soul is too much charged with blood of thine already.- Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 8
Hell is murky.- Lady Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 1
Theme Quotes
Gender Unsex me here- Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 5
O gentle lady, ’tis not for you to hear what I can speak. The repetition in a woman’s ear would murder as it
fell- Macduff, Act 2 Scene 3
You would be so much more the man- Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 7
Are you a man?- Lady Macbeth, Act 3 Scene 4
Wisdom? To leave his wife… his babes… his titles in a place from whence himself does fly? He loves us not-
Lady Macduff, Act 4 Scene 2
Bring forth men-children only, for the undaunted mettle should composé nothing but males- Macbeth, Act
1 Scene 7
Love My dearest partner of greatness- Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 5
She should have died hereafter- Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 5
O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife- Macbeth, Act 3 Scene 2
So I shall, love- Macbeth, Act 3 Scene 2
Nature A falcon has been savagely killed by an owl- Old man, Act 2 Scene 4
Horses have been eating each other- Old man, Act 2 Scene 4
Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it- Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 5
Greed The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I fall down or else o’erleap- Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 4
Betrayal No man of woman-born shall harm Macbeth- The witches, Act 4 Scene 1
A gentleman whom I built an absolute trust- Duncan, Act 1 Scene 4
Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it- Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 5
Where we are, there’s daggers in men’s smiles- Donaldbain, Act 2 Scene 3
Who can be… loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man.- Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 3
Light Stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires- Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 4
Supernatural In thunder, lightning, or in rain?- The witches, Act 1 Scene 1
Is this a dagger I see before me?- Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 1
Never shake thy gory locks at me!- Macbeth, Act 3 Scene 4
There to meet with Macbeth- The witches, Act 1 Scene 1
Power All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!- The witches, Act 1 Scene 3
My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical- Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 3
Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it- Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 5
Leave all the rest to me- Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 5
When you durst do it, then you were a man.- Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 7
Sleep What’s done cannot be undone, to bed, to bed, to bed- Lady Macbeth, Act 3 Scene 2
You lack the season of all natures, sleep- Lady Macbeth, Act 3 Scene 4
Sleep no more- Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 3
Macbeth does murder sleep- Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 3
Violence Who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?- Lady Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 1
My slaughterous thoughts- Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 5
I'm afraid to think what I have done- Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 2
Kingship All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!- The witches, Act 1 Scene 3
Fit to be king? You’re not fit to live!- Macduff, Act 4 Scene 3
The devil himself could not pronounce a title more hateful to mine ear.- Young Siward, Act 5 Scene7
Ambition 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, Act 1 Scene 3
My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical- Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 3
We have scorched the snake, not killed it- Macbeth, Act 3 Scene 2
Screw your courage to the sticking place and we’ll not fail- Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 7
The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I must fall down, or else o’erleap- Macbeth, Act 1 Scene
4
Appearances Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?- Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 3
Look like th’innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t- Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 5
False face must hide what the false heart doth know- Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 7
Guilt Is this a dagger which I see before me?- Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 1
Macbeth does murder sleep.- Macbeth, Act 2 Scene 2
My soul is too much charged with blood of thine already.- Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 8
Hell is murky.- Lady Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 1
