Macbeth Quotes Study Guide With
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"New honors come upon him / Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould, /
But with the aid of use." CORRECT ANSWERS Who said: Banquo
About: Macbeth
Context: Macbeth is mentally trying on his new "honors," his title of Thane of Cawdor,
but the title doesn't quite fit, and won't, until Macbeth gets used to it. Talks about
Macbeth becoming Thane of Cawdor
Be this the whetstone of your sword, let grief / convert to anger. Blunt not the heart,
enrage it." CORRECT ANSWERS Who said: Malcolm
To who: Macduff
Context: When Malcolm was trying to tell Macduff to channel his sadness into anger
after Macduff found out his children were dead
"Fit to govern? / No, not to live." CORRECT ANSWERS Who said: Macduff
To who: Malcolm
Context: When Malcolm was telling Macduff that he was greedy and lustful, this was
Macduff's reaction because he got really sad because he has no more hope for the
future of Scotland.
"Thou hast it now, King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, / . . . and I fear / thou played'st most foully
for't." CORRECT ANSWERS Who said: Banquo
To who: himself, about Macbeth
Context: He is talking about Macbeth and how Macbeth will be king but get there
through evil ways
"The instruments of darkness tell us truths: / Win us with honest rifles: to betray's / in
deepest consequence." CORRECT ANSWERS Who said: Banquo
To who: Macbeth about witches
Context: After Macbeth hears that he will be thane of Glamis and Cawdor and
eventually king, he trusts what the witches say. Banquo warns him that they may just be
gaining his trust now so they can betray him when it will damage him the most.Banquo
understands the true nature of the witches, while Macbeth gets hooked on the witches
and believes whatever they say.
, "To show an unfelt sorrow is an office / Which the false man does easy." CORRECT
ANSWERS Who said: Malcom
To who: Donaldbain
Context: Trying to get out of England because they don't want to be murdered like their
father.
"His flight was madness. When our actions do not, / Our fears do make us traitors."
CORRECT ANSWERS Who said: Lady Macduff
To who: Ross about Macduff
Context: She was talking about Macduff and how he is a traitor because he fled in times
of trouble. She feels that Macduff had committed treason against his family.
"All causes shall give way. I am in blood / stepped in so far that should I wade no
more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er, / Strange things I have in head that will to
hand, / Which must be acted ere they may be scanned." CORRECT ANSWERS Who
said:Macbeth
To who: Lady Macbeth
Context: Macbeth is far into this mess that he can't get out of it. Says this after the big
ghost scene.. He will now act without thinking about what he is doing.
"Nought's had all's spent / Where our desire is got without content. / 'Tis safer to be that
which we destroy / than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy." CORRECT ANSWERS
Who said: Lady Macbeth
To who: Nobody
Context: Lady Macbeth is troubled. She is expressing her doubts and expresses what is
truly going on inside of her. Paranoid because they don't want to be caught for killing
Duncan. She changes her tone when Macbeth comes in.
"Now does he feel his title/ Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe/ Upon the dwarfish
thief." CORRECT ANSWERS Who said: Angus
About who: Macbeth
Context: Commenting that Macbeth has nothing under control. Everything is falling
apart. Macbeth is small in his morals, rational thought, and reason. The giant's robe
represents being King so he does not fit the role. He is a thief because he has stolen
and ruined the stability of Scotland and stolen lives
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"New honors come upon him / Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould, /
But with the aid of use." CORRECT ANSWERS Who said: Banquo
About: Macbeth
Context: Macbeth is mentally trying on his new "honors," his title of Thane of Cawdor,
but the title doesn't quite fit, and won't, until Macbeth gets used to it. Talks about
Macbeth becoming Thane of Cawdor
Be this the whetstone of your sword, let grief / convert to anger. Blunt not the heart,
enrage it." CORRECT ANSWERS Who said: Malcolm
To who: Macduff
Context: When Malcolm was trying to tell Macduff to channel his sadness into anger
after Macduff found out his children were dead
"Fit to govern? / No, not to live." CORRECT ANSWERS Who said: Macduff
To who: Malcolm
Context: When Malcolm was telling Macduff that he was greedy and lustful, this was
Macduff's reaction because he got really sad because he has no more hope for the
future of Scotland.
"Thou hast it now, King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, / . . . and I fear / thou played'st most foully
for't." CORRECT ANSWERS Who said: Banquo
To who: himself, about Macbeth
Context: He is talking about Macbeth and how Macbeth will be king but get there
through evil ways
"The instruments of darkness tell us truths: / Win us with honest rifles: to betray's / in
deepest consequence." CORRECT ANSWERS Who said: Banquo
To who: Macbeth about witches
Context: After Macbeth hears that he will be thane of Glamis and Cawdor and
eventually king, he trusts what the witches say. Banquo warns him that they may just be
gaining his trust now so they can betray him when it will damage him the most.Banquo
understands the true nature of the witches, while Macbeth gets hooked on the witches
and believes whatever they say.
, "To show an unfelt sorrow is an office / Which the false man does easy." CORRECT
ANSWERS Who said: Malcom
To who: Donaldbain
Context: Trying to get out of England because they don't want to be murdered like their
father.
"His flight was madness. When our actions do not, / Our fears do make us traitors."
CORRECT ANSWERS Who said: Lady Macduff
To who: Ross about Macduff
Context: She was talking about Macduff and how he is a traitor because he fled in times
of trouble. She feels that Macduff had committed treason against his family.
"All causes shall give way. I am in blood / stepped in so far that should I wade no
more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er, / Strange things I have in head that will to
hand, / Which must be acted ere they may be scanned." CORRECT ANSWERS Who
said:Macbeth
To who: Lady Macbeth
Context: Macbeth is far into this mess that he can't get out of it. Says this after the big
ghost scene.. He will now act without thinking about what he is doing.
"Nought's had all's spent / Where our desire is got without content. / 'Tis safer to be that
which we destroy / than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy." CORRECT ANSWERS
Who said: Lady Macbeth
To who: Nobody
Context: Lady Macbeth is troubled. She is expressing her doubts and expresses what is
truly going on inside of her. Paranoid because they don't want to be caught for killing
Duncan. She changes her tone when Macbeth comes in.
"Now does he feel his title/ Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe/ Upon the dwarfish
thief." CORRECT ANSWERS Who said: Angus
About who: Macbeth
Context: Commenting that Macbeth has nothing under control. Everything is falling
apart. Macbeth is small in his morals, rational thought, and reason. The giant's robe
represents being King so he does not fit the role. He is a thief because he has stolen
and ruined the stability of Scotland and stolen lives
