Macbeth Act 1 Key Quotes

Fill-in-the-blank practice flashcards covering notable quotes and key dramatic lines from Act 1 of Shakespeare's Macbeth.

In Act 1, Scene 1, the Witches chant, ‘Fair is foul, and __________.’

foul is fair

In Act 1, Scene 2, the Sergeant praises Macbeth: ‘Brave Macbeth - well he deserves that __________’

name

In Act 1, Scene 3, Macbeth remarks, ‘So foul and __________ a day I have not seen.’

fair

In Act 1, Scene 3, the Witches hail Macbeth: ‘All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be __________ hereafter!’

King

In Act 1, Scene 3, the Third Witch prophesies to Banquo: ‘Thou shalt get kings, though thou be __________’

none

In Act 1, Scene 3, Macbeth contemplates: ‘If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, Without my __________,’

stir

Speaking about Cawdor's treachery, Duncan says: ‘there’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face; he was a gentleman on whom I built an __________ trust’

absolute

In Act 1, Scene 4, Macbeth says, ‘Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my __________ and deep desires’

black

In Act 1, Scene 4, Duncan tells Macbeth: ‘I have begun to plant thee and will labour, To make thee full of __________’

growing

In Act 1, Scene 5, Lady Macbeth worries about Macbeth: ‘Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of __________ kindness’

human

In Act 1, Scene 5, Lady Macbeth wishes to ‘pour my spirits in thine ear; And chastise with the valour of my __________’

tongue

In Act 1, Scene 5, Lady Macbeth calls out: ‘__________ me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe topfull, Of direst cruelty;’

unsex

In Act 1, Scene 5, Lady Macbeth demands the spirits to ‘make my blood __________’

thick

In Act 1, Scene 5, Lady Macbeth commands: ‘Come to my woman’s breasts, And take my milk for __________,’

gall

In Act 1, Scene 5, Lady Macbeth advises Macbeth to ‘look like th’ innocent flower, But be the __________ under’t.’

serpent

In Act 1, Scene 6, Duncan addresses Lady Macbeth as: ‘See, see our honoured __________,’

hostess

In Act 1, Scene 7, Macbeth acknowledges Duncan's presence: ‘He's here in double __________’

trust

Macbeth reflects on his motivation in Act 1, Scene 7: ‘I have no spur, To prick the sides of my intent, but only __________ ambition’

vaulting

In Act 1, Scene 7, Macbeth warns: ‘We but teach, Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return, To plague th' __________,’

inventor

In Act 1, Scene 7, Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth: ‘We will proceed no further in this business, He hath honoured me of __________,’

late

In Act 1, Scene 7, Lady Macbeth challenges her husband: ‘When you durst do it, then you were a __________,’

man

In Act 1, Scene 7, Lady Macbeth declares: ‘We fail? But screw your courage to the __________-place, And we’ll not fail.’

sticking

In Act 1, Scene 7, Lady Macbeth says she would have ‘plucked my nipple from his boneless gums, And dashed the __________ out, had I so sworn.’

brains

At the close of Act 1, Scene 7, Macbeth concludes: ‘False face must hide what the __________ heart doth know.’

false