Macbeth quotes on Ambition and power

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These quotes are for the theme of ambition and power in Macbeth

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I have no spur …

‘‘ I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition’’ Macbeth Act1 scene 7

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Stars hide your …

‘‘ Stars hide your fires let not light see my black and deep desires ‘‘ Macbeth Act 1 scene 4

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Yet I do fear thy nature …

‘‘ Yet I do fear thy nature It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness ‘‘ Lady Macbeth Act 1 scene 5

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Thou wouldst be …

‘‘ Thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition ‘‘ Lady Macbeth Act 1 scene 5

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Chastise with the valour …

‘‘ Chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round ‘‘ Lady Macbeth Act 1 scene 5

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Unsex…

‘‘ Unsex me here ‘‘ Lady Macbeth Act 1 scene 5

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And fill me from the crown to the toe-top…

‘‘ And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood, stop up the access and passage to remorse ‘‘ Lady Macbeth Act 1 scene 5

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Take my milk …

‘‘ Take my milk for gall ‘‘ Act 1 scene 5 Lady Macbeth

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I have no spur …

‘‘ I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent but only vaulting ambition, Which O’erleaps itself ‘‘ Macbeth Act 1 scene 7

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When you durst …

‘‘ When you durst do it then you where a man ‘‘ Lady Macbeth Act 1 scene 7

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live a …

‘‘ live a coward in thine own esteem ‘‘ Lady M Act 1 scene 7

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I would while it was …

‘‘ I would while it was smiling in my face, have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums, and dashed the brains out ‘‘ Act 1 scene 7 Lady Macbeth

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But screw …

‘‘ But screw your courage to the sticking-place and we’ll not fail ‘‘ Act 1 scene 7 Lady M

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14

Is this a …

‘‘ Is this a dagger which I see before me ‘‘

Act 2 scene 2 Macbeth

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15

Heat …

‘‘ heat-oppressed brain ‘‘ Act 2 scene 2 Macbeth

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Macbeth shall …

‘‘ Macbeth shall sleep no more ‘‘

Macbeth Act 2 scene 2

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Will all great Neptune’s …

‘‘ Will all great neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand ‘‘ Macbeth Act 2 scene 2

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I shame …

‘‘ I shame to wear a heart so so white ‘‘

Lady M Act 2 scene 2

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19

they placed a …

‘‘ they placed a fruitless crown, And put a barren sceptre in my grip ‘‘ Act 3 scene 1 Macbeth

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I am cabined …

‘‘ I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in To saucy doubts and fears ‘‘ Act 3 scene 4 Macbeth

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Avaunt and quit my sight …

‘‘ Avaunt, and quit my sight Let the earth hide thee! Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold. Thou hast no speculation in those eyes’’ Act 3 scene 4 Macbeth

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I am in blood stepped …

‘‘ I am in blood stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, returning were tedious as go o’ er ‘‘ Act 3 scene 4 Macbeth

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I conjure …

‘‘ I conjure you by that which you profess, Howe’er you come to know it, answer me ‘‘ Macbeth Act 4 scene 1

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Macbeth, Macbeth, Macbeth …

‘‘ Macbeth, Macbeth, Macbeth Beware Macduff Beware the Thane of Fife ‘‘

Act 4 scene 1 1st Apparition

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Be bloody, bold and …

‘‘ Be bloody, bold and resolute. Laugh to scorn The power of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth ‘‘ Act 4 scene 1 2nd Apparition

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Macbeth shall never …

‘‘ Macbeth shall never vanquish’d be, until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill shall come against him ‘‘

Act 4 scene 1 3rd apparition

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Out …

‘‘ Out damned spot! out I say ‘‘Lady M act 5 scene 1

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Hell is …

‘‘ Hell is murky ‘‘ Lady M Act 5 scene 1

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The Thane of …

‘‘ The Thane of fife had a wife where is she now ‘‘ Lady M Act 5 scene 1

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Here is the smell of the blood …

‘‘ Here is the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand ‘‘ Act 5 scene 2 Lady M

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Banquo’s buried …

‘‘ Banquo’ s buried; he cannot come out on’s grave ‘‘

Act 5 scene 2 Lady M

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To bed, to bed, To bed …

‘‘ To bed, to bed. There’s knocking at the gate. Come, come, come, come, give me your hand. What’s done cannot be undone. To bed, to bed, to bed ‘‘

Lady M Act 5 scene 2

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Tomorrow…

‘‘ Tomorrow and tomorrow, and tomorrow ‘‘

Act 5 scene 5 Macbeth

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Life’s but …

‘‘ Life’s but a walking shadow ‘‘ Macbeth Act 5 scene 5

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