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| "Fair is foul and foul is fair" |
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Speakers are the witches
Sets one of the primary motifs for the play |
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| "So foul and fair a day I have not seen." |
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Speaker is Macbeth
Continues the "Fair is foul and foul is fair" motif |
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| "Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none." |
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Speaker is the Witch
Speaking to Banquo about how Fleance and his children will one day be king |
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| "Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?" |
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Speaker is Macbeth
It is about how the witches are giving him titles already given to another person. |
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Term
| "The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step On which I must fall down or else o'erleap, For in my way it lies" |
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Speaker is Macbeth
Macbeth knows that to become king he will have to do away with Malcolm |
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| "Yet do I fear they nature; It is too ful o' th' milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way" |
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Speaker is Lady Macbeth
She is concerned that Macbeth will not kill Duncan, because he is too kind. |
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| "Look like th' innocent flower, but be the serpent under't." |
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Speaker is Lady Macbeth
Talking to Macbeth to tell him to be sneaky when murdering Duncan. |
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| "I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition" |
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Speaker is Macbeth
The only reason Macbeth wants to murder the king is because of his own ambition. |
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| "But screw your courage to the sticking place and we'll not fail." |
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Speaker is Lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth is telling Macbeth to be a man |
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Term
| "Away, and mock the time with fairest show. False face must hide what the false heart doth know.' |
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Speaker is Macbeth
Shows Macbeth's transition to becoming like Lady Macbeth |
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Term
| "A little water clears us of this deed" |
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Speaker is Lady Macbeth
Speaking about how easily it is to clear their names from the murder of King Duncan |
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| "Lest our old robes sit easier than our new" |
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Speaker is Macduff
Macduff stating that Macbeth might not be a good king |
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Term
| "Thous hast it now king, Cawdor, Glamis, all as the weird women promised I fear thou played'st most foully for't." |
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Speaker is Banquo
Understanding that Macbeth more than likely murdered Duncan for his title |
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| "Naughts had, all's spent, Where our desire is got without content." |
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Speaker is Lady Macbeth
Putting on a false face for her husband |
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Term
| "I am in blood stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o'er." |
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Speaker is Macbeth
He is so absolved in murder that he can no longer turn back |
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| "Double Double toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bubble" |
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Speakers are the witches
Shows the play's motif of double meanings and it is the witch's attempt at bringing down Macbeth |
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| "Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth Beware macduff bewares the thane of fie dismiss me." |
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Speaker is the apparition
Warning of Macduff |
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| Be bloody bold and resolute. Laught ot scorn the power of man , for none of woman born shall harm macbeth. |
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| "Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill shall come against him." |
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| "Out damned spot, out, I say!" |
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Speaker is Lady Macbeth
Trying to wash out an invisible spot of blood, because of her insanity |
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| " She should have died hereafter. There would have been a time for such a word. Tomorrow wand tomorrow and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time and all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death., Out, Out , brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts an frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot. Full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. |
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Speaker is Macbeth
Describes how short and meaningless life is |
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