Macbeth/Antigone quote memorization

Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.

Macbeth

No, it's no disgrace for a man, even a wise man, to learn many things and not to be too rigid.

Haemon

Foul whisp'rings are abroad. Unnatural deeds do breed unnatural troubles. Infected minds To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets. More needs she the divine than the physician.

Doctor

Be lion-mettled, proud, and take no care Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are. Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill Shall come against him

3rd apparition

But cruel are the times when we are traitors And do not know ourselves; when we hold rumor From what we fear, yet know not what we fear, But float upon a wild and violent sea Each way and move.

Ross

Am I to rule this land for others—or myself?

Creon

Out, damned spot, out, I say!

Lady Macbeth

There's no art To find the mind's construction in the face.

Duncan

Sooner or later foul is fair, fair is foul to the man the gods will ruin.

Chorus

If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me Without my stir.

Macbeth

We have scorched the snake, not killed it. She'll close and be herself whilst our poor malice Remains in danger of her former tooth.

Macbeth

Of course you cannot know a man completely, his character, his principles, sense of judgment, not till he's shown his colors, ruling the people, making laws.

Creon

Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown And put a barren scepter in my grip, Thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding.

Macbeth

We must defend the men who live by law, never let some woman triumph over us.

Creon

Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way.

Lady Macbeth

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time.

Macbeth

Be this the whetstone of your sword. Let grief Convert to anger. Blunt not the heart; enrage it.

Malcolm

Where we are, There's daggers in men's smiles. The near in blood, The nearer bloody.

Donalbain

My king, ever since he began I've been debating in my mind, could this possibly be the work of the gods?

Leader

Thou hast it now—king, Cawdor, Glamis, all As the Weïrd Women promised, and I fear Thou played'st most foully for 't.

Banquo

Fair is foul, and foul is fair; Hover through the fog and filthy air.

Witches

It's no city at all, owned by one man alone.

Haemon

Nor did I think your edict had such force that you, a mere mortal, could override the gods

Antigone

Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, Till thou applaud the deed.

Macbeth

Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand?

Macbeth

Remember we are women, we're not born to contend with men.

Ismene

Stubbornness brands you for stupidity—pride is a crime.

Tiresias

Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here.

Lady Macbeth

Now does he feel his title Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe Upon a dwarfish thief.

Angus

Whither should I fly?I have done no harm.

Lady Macduff

Macduff, this noble passion, Child of integrity, hath from my soul Wiped the black scruples.

Malcolm

They would praise me too if their lip weren't locked in fear.

Antigone

Then the liars and swearers are fools.

Macduff's son

And if my present actions strike you as foolish, let's just say I've been accused of folly by a fool.

Antigone

When he weaves in the laws of the land... he and his city rise high.

Chorus

Be bloody, bold, and resolute.

2nd apparition

Since his majesty went into the field, I have seen her rise from her bed...

Gentlewoman

Your castle is surprised, your wife and babes Savagely slaughtered.

Ross (messenger)

Oh it's hard giving up a heart's desire...but I will do it- no more fighting a losing battle with necessity.

Creon

Sinful Macduff, they were all struck for thee!

Macduff

Wisdom is by far the greatest part of joy

Chorus

Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff!

1st apparition

'Tis unnatural, even like the deed that's done

old man

Here's the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.

Lady Macbeth

Attacks on power never go unchecked

Chorus

And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths.

Banquo

Creon shows the world that of all the ills afflicting men the worst is lack of judgment.

A messenger