Macbeth Flashcards.

Q: What does Macbeth say when he decides he is too deep in his crimes to ever stop or go back?

A: "I am in blood stepped in so far that should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o’er." (Act 3, Scene 4)

Q: What famous line does Lady Macbeth use to tell her husband to stop worrying about the murder of Duncan?

A: "What’s done cannot be undone." (Act 5, Scene 1)

Q: Which quote shows Macbeth’s belief that violence only leads to more violence and eventual retribution?

A: "It will have blood, they say: blood will have blood." (Act 3, Scene 4)

Q: What does Macbeth imagine he hears a voice cry out immediately after he kills King Duncan?

A: "Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep." (Act 2, Scene 2)

Q: Which quote shows Macbeth’s overwhelming guilt and his belief that no amount of water can wash away the blood?

A: "Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?" (Act 2, Scene 2)

Q: How does Macbeth describe his own lack of motivation, noting that only his drive for power pushes him forward?

A: "I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition." (Act 1, Scene 7)

Q: What instruction does Lady Macbeth give Macbeth to ensure they hide their true intentions from their guests?

A: "False face must hide what the false heart doth know." (Act 1, Scene 7)

Q: What does Lady Macbeth say during her sleepwalking scene as she tries to wash imaginary blood from her hands?

A: "Out, damned spot! out, I say!" (Act 5, Scene 1)

Q: What metaphor does Lady Macbeth use to encourage Macbeth to look innocent while being deadly?

A: "Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t." (Act 1, Scene 5)

Q: What does Lady Macbeth say when she worries that Macbeth is too kind-hearted to commit regicide?

A: "Yet do I fear thy nature; it is too full o’ the milk of human kindness." (Act 1, Scene 5)

Q: How does Macbeth defend his masculinity and his limits when Lady Macbeth questions his courage?

A: "I dare do all that may become a man; who dares do more is none." (Act 1, Scene 7)

Q: What does Donalbain say to express that those closest to them are the most dangerous?

A: "There’s daggers in men’s smiles." (Act 2, Scene 3)

Q: What do the Witches say to signal that Macbeth—now a "wicked" being—is approaching them?

A: "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes." (Act 4, Scene 1)

Q: What does Macbeth say as he hallucinates a weapon leading him toward Duncan’s chamber?

A: "Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?" (Act 2, Scene 1)

Q: What is the famous rhythmic chant the Witches use while brewing their potion in the cauldron?

A: "Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble." (Act 4, Scene 1)

Q: What are the first words the Witches speak in the play, establishing the theme of moral confusion?

A: "Fair is foul, and foul is fair." (Act 1, Scene 1)

Q: What is Lady Macbeth’s famous plea to the supernatural to strip away her feminine weakness?

A: "Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here." (Act 1, Scene 5)

Q: How does Macbeth describe the brevity and pointlessness of life after learning of his wife’s death?

A: "Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage." (Act 5, Scene 5)

Q: What does Macbeth call life in his final nihilistic realization that everything he did was for nothing?

A: "It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." (Act 5, Scene 5)

Q: What does Macbeth say to describe the short duration of life, mirroring Lady Macbeth’s earlier words?

A: "Out, out, brief candle!" (Act 5, Scene 5)

Q: What is Macbeth’s opening line?

A: “So fair and foul a day I have not seen" (Act 1, Scene 3)

Q: What soes Macbeth initially say in relation to hid desires to kill the king?

A: “Stars, hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires.” (Act 1, Scene 4)

Q: What does Macbeth say upon finding out that Lady Macbeth is dead?

A: “She should have died hereafter” (Act 5, Scene 5)