Important Quotes Act 2 (from handout)

Act 2, Scene 1 - Banquo 1

“I dreamt last night of the three weird sisters…”

Act 2, Scene 1 - Macbeth (lying) 1

“I think not of them”

Act 2, Scene 1 - Macbeth (cryptically hinting to Banquo) 1

“If you cleave to my consent when ‘tis, It shall make honour for you…”

Act 2, Scene 1 - Banquo (stays moral) 2

“So long as I lose none in seeking to augment it, I shall be counselled…”

Act 2, Scene 2 - Lady Macbeth (showing humanity) 1

“Had he not ressembled my father as he slept, I had done’t”

Act 2, Scene 2 - Macbeth 1

“Neptune’s Ocean”

Act 2, Scene 2 - Macbeth 2

“Macbeth does murder sleep…”

Act 2, Scene 2 - Lady Macbeth (focused on the plan) 2

“Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers!”

Act 2, Scene 2 - Lady Macbeth (foreshadowing) 3

“A little water clears us of this deed…”

Act 2, Scene 2 - Macbeth (showing regret) 3

“Wake Duncan with thy knocking, I would thou coulds’t.”

Act 2, Scene 3 - Porter

“Porter of hell’s gate”

Act 2, Scene 3 - Macbeth (fakes concern for Duncan’s death) 1

“Had I but died an hour before this chance, I had lived a blessed time…”

Act 2, Scene 3 - Banquo 1

“Look to the lady”

Act 2, Scene 3 - Banquo 2

“Too cruel anywhere”

Act 2, Scene 4 - Macduff 1

“No, cousin, I’ll to Fife.”

Act 2, Scene 4 - Macduff 2

“Lest our old robes sit easier than our new…”