Macbeth Act 2 Key Quotes
"Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand?" (2.1.
44-45) - -Macbeth going to kill Duncan - Macbeth sees or hallucinates a
dagger.
-"Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell/That summons thee to heaven or to
hell" (2.1. 76-77). - -Macbeth going to kill Duncan - Don't hear the bell,
because it means your death.
-"I have done the deed" (2.2. 19). - -Macbeth to Lady Macbeth - I killed
Duncan.
-"Methought I heard a voice cry 'Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder
sleep'" - the innocent sleep (2.2. 47-48). - -Macbeth - I can't sleep anymore,
I'm not innocent. And/or I killed Duncan, who was innocent in his sleep.
-"Will all the great Neptune's ocean wash this blood/ Clean from my hand?
No, this my hand will rather/ The multitudinous sees incarnadine/ Making the
green one red" (2.2. 78-81). - -Macbeth - Not even an ocean of water can
wash away the blood. The blood would turn the ocean red.
-"A little water clears us of this deed" (2.2. 86). - -Lady Macbeth - We will
wash our hands (metaphorically also wash away quiet).
-"I pray you, remember the porter" (2.3. 21). - -Porter - Asks for a tip.
-"There's daggers in men's smiles. The near in blood, The nearer bloody"
(2.3. 165-166). - -Donalbain (Duncan's son) - People pretend to be nice but
could be killers. You can't even trust a blood relative.
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"Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand?" (2.1.
44-45) - -Macbeth going to kill Duncan - Macbeth sees or hallucinates a
dagger.
-"Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell/That summons thee to heaven or to
hell" (2.1. 76-77). - -Macbeth going to kill Duncan - Don't hear the bell,
because it means your death.
-"I have done the deed" (2.2. 19). - -Macbeth to Lady Macbeth - I killed
Duncan.
-"Methought I heard a voice cry 'Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder
sleep'" - the innocent sleep (2.2. 47-48). - -Macbeth - I can't sleep anymore,
I'm not innocent. And/or I killed Duncan, who was innocent in his sleep.
-"Will all the great Neptune's ocean wash this blood/ Clean from my hand?
No, this my hand will rather/ The multitudinous sees incarnadine/ Making the
green one red" (2.2. 78-81). - -Macbeth - Not even an ocean of water can
wash away the blood. The blood would turn the ocean red.
-"A little water clears us of this deed" (2.2. 86). - -Lady Macbeth - We will
wash our hands (metaphorically also wash away quiet).
-"I pray you, remember the porter" (2.3. 21). - -Porter - Asks for a tip.
-"There's daggers in men's smiles. The near in blood, The nearer bloody"
(2.3. 165-166). - -Donalbain (Duncan's son) - People pretend to be nice but
could be killers. You can't even trust a blood relative.
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