Macbeth & Lady Macbeth
MACBETH
Who said these things about Macbeth, and why? It may be Macbeth himself, or another character.
ACT 1
brave Macbeth - well he deserves that name (sc. 2, l. 16)
who: ________________
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O valiant cousin! worthy gentleman! (sc. 2, l. 24)
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A drum! A drum!
Macbeth doth come. (sc. 3, l. 30)
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Good sir, why do you start, and seem to fear
Things that do sound so fair? (sc. 3, l. 51)
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New honours come upon him,
Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould
But with the aid of use. (sc. 3, l. 144)
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From hence to Inverness
And bind us closer to you. (sc. 4, l. 42)
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Stars hide your fires!
Let not light see my black and dark desires. (sc. 4, l. 50)
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I do fear thy nature;
It is too full o' the milk of human kindness ... (sc. 5, l. 15)
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Look like the innocent flower
But be the serpent under it. (sc. 5, l. 63)
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I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more, is none. (sc. 7, l. 46)
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ACT 2
Is this a dagger that I see before me? (sc. 1, l. 33)
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I go, and it is done; the bell invites me. (sc. 1, l. 62)
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This is a sorry sight. (sc. 2, l. 21)
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Methought I heard a voice cry 'Sleep no more!' (sc. 2, l. 35)
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A little water clears us of this deed. (sc. 2, l. 67)
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O yet I do repent me of my fury,
That I did kill them (sc. 3, l.107)
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ACT 3
Thou hast it now: King, Cawdor, GIamis, all,
As the weird women promised; and I fear,
Thou play'dst most foully for it. (sc. 1, l. 1)
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Banquo, thy soul's flight
If it find heaven, must find it out tonight (sc. 1, l. 142)
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Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck
Till thou applaud the deed (sc. 2, l. 45)
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The table's full (sc. 4, l. 46)
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Thou canst not say I did it; never shake
Thy gory locks at me (sc. 4, l. 50)
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What man dare, I dare (sc. 4, l. 99)
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I pray you speak not, he grows worse and worse (sc. 4, l. 119)
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ACT 4
By the pricking of my thumbs
Something wicked this way comes (sc. 1, l. 44)
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Then live, Macduff: what need I fear of thee? (sc. 1, l. 82)
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This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues,
Was once thought honest. (sc. 3, l. 12)
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ACT 5
Now does he feel
His secret murders sticking on his hands. (sc. 2, l. 16)
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I have lived long enough. (sc. 3, l. 22)
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I'll fight till from my bones my flesh be hack'd (sc. 3, l. 32)
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How does your patient, doctor? (sc. 3, l. 37)
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The queen, my lord, is dead. (sc. 5, l. 16)
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They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly. (sc. 7, l. 1)
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Turn, hell-hound, turn! (sc. 7, l. 32)
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Lay on, Macduff,
And damn'd be him that first cries 'Hold, enough!' (sc. 7, l. 64)
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this dead butcher (sc. 7, l. 98)
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LADY MACBETH
Who said these things about lady Macbeth, and why? It may be Lady Macbeth herself, or another character.
ACT 1
My dearest partner of greatness (sc. 5, l. 10)
who: ________________
why: ____________________________________________________________
Hie thee hither
That I may pour my spirits in thine ear (sc. 5, l. 24)
who: ________________
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Come ye spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts! Unsex me here (sc. 5, l. 39)
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Leave all the rest to me (sc. 5, l. 72)
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Give me your hand
Conduct me to mine host. (sc. 6, l. 28)
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I have given suck, and know
How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me. (sc. 7, l. 54)
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But screw your courage to the sticking-place
And we'll not fail. (sc. 7, l. 60)
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Bring forth men-children only! (sc. 7, l. 72)
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ACT 2
That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold. (sc. 2, l. 1)
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Had he not resembled
My father as he slept, I had done it. (sc. 2, l. 14)
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A foolish thought to say a sorry sight. (sc. 2, l. 22)
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Infirm of purpose!
Give me the daggers. (sc. 2, l. 52)
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why: ____________________________________________________________
A little water clears us of this deed. (sc. 2, l. 67)
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Look to the lady. (sc. 3, l. 120)
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ACT 3
Be bright and jovial among your guests tonight. (sc. 2, l. 28)
who: ________________
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Why do you make such faces? When all's done
You look but on a stool. (sc. 4, l. 67)
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You lack the season of all natures, sleep. (sc. 4, l. 141)
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ACT 5
She has light by her continually; 'tis her command. (sc. 1, l. 22)
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What is it she does now? Look how she rubs her hands. (sc. 1, l. 26)
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The Thane of Fife had a wife: where is she now? (sc. 1, l. 41)
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What, will these hands ne'er be clean? (sc. 1, l. 42)
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She has spoke what she should not, I am sure of that. (sc. 1, l. 46)
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To bed, to bed, to bed. (sc. 1, l. 65)
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Not so sick, my lord,
As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies,
That keep her from her rest. (sc. 3, l. 37)
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She should have died hereafter. (sc. 5, l. 17)
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his fiend-like queen
Who, as 'tis thought, by self and violent hands
Took off her life - (sc. 7, l. 98)
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