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Macbeth Final

1. “Fair is foul, and foul is fair,/Hover through the fog and filthy air.” (Act I, Scene I)

   • Speaker: The Three Witches.

   • Meaning: This paradoxical statement means that what appears good ("fair") is actually bad ("foul"), and vice versa. It introduces the theme of deceptive appearances and moral ambiguity.

   • Literary Elements: Paradox, alliteration ("fog and filthy"), foreshadowing.

2. “For brave Macbeth.../Till he unseamed him from th' nave to the chops/And fixed his head upon our battlements.” (Act I, Scene II)

   • Speaker: The Sergeant (or Captain).

   • Meaning: The Sergeant describes Macbeth's valor in battle, vividly depicting how Macbeth killed a traitor by slicing him open from the belly to the jaw and then placing his head on the battlements as a trophy.

   • Literary Elements: Imagery, hyperbole, synecdoche (using a part, "head," to represent the whole person).

3. “Go pronounce his present death,/And with his former title greet Macbeth.” (Act I, Scene II)

   • Speaker: King Duncan.

   • Meaning: King Duncan orders the immediate execution of the Thane of Cawdor for treason and commands that Macbeth be given Cawdor's title as a reward for his bravery.

   • Literary Elements: Irony (Macbeth later becomes a traitor himself), foreshadowing.

4. “So foul and fair a day I have not seen.” (Act I, Scene III)

   • Speaker: Macbeth.

   • Meaning: Macbeth remarks on the paradoxical nature of the day, which is both "foul" due to the violent weather and "fair" because of his victory in battle. This echoes the witches' earlier statement and hints at the duality in Macbeth’s character.

   • Literary Elements: Paradox, foreshadowing, motif of appearance vs. reality.

5. “All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!” (Act I, Scene III)

   • Speaker: The Second Witch.

   • Meaning: The witch prophesies that Macbeth will become king in the future. This prophecy ignites Macbeth's ambition and sets the plot in motion.

   • Literary Elements: Prophecy, foreshadowing, dramatic irony (the audience knows more about the witches' manipulative nature than Macbeth does).

6. “If you can look into the seeds of time/And say which grain will grow and which will not.” (Act I, Scene III)

   • Speaker: Banquo.

   • Meaning: Banquo is intrigued by the witches' prophecies and questions their ability to predict the future accurately, using the metaphor of seeds growing to represent potential futures.

   • Literary Elements: Metaphor (comparing futures to seeds), imagery, foreshadowing.

7. “Lesser than Macbeth and greater.” (Act I, Scene III)

   • Speaker: The First Witch.

   • Meaning: The witch tells Banquo that he will be lesser in status compared to Macbeth but greater in other respects, implying that his descendants will become kings.

   • Literary Elements: Paradox, foreshadowing, irony (Banquo will not be king, but his lineage will be).

8. “What can the devil speak true.” (Act I, Scene III)

   • Speaker: Banquo.

   • Meaning: Banquo expresses his shock and disbelief when he realizes that the witches' prophecy about Macbeth becoming Thane of Cawdor has come true, suggesting that even evil beings can sometimes tell the truth.

   • Literary Elements: Irony, allusion (referring to the witches as devils), foreshadowing.

9. “Do you not hope your children/Shall be kings.” (Act I, Scene III)

   • Speaker: Macbeth.

   • Meaning: Macbeth asks Banquo if he hopes that his descendants will become kings, referring to the witches' prophecy that Banquo’s lineage will inherit the throne.

   • Literary Elements: Foreshadowing, irony (Banquo's children will become kings, but not Macbeth's).

10. “The instruments of darkness tell us truths.” (Act I, Scene III)

    • Speaker: Banquo.

    • Meaning: Banquo cautions that the witches, as agents of evil, may tell truths to win their trust but ultimately lead them to harm.

    • Literary Elements: Metaphor (witches as "instruments of darkness"), foreshadowing, irony (truths leading to harm).

11. “This supernatural soliciting/Cannot be ill, cannot be good.” (Act I, Scene III)

    • Speaker: Macbeth.

    • Meaning: Macbeth is conflicted about the witches' prophecies. He realizes they cannot be wholly evil or good since they bring him both great opportunity and moral turmoil.

    • Literary Elements: Paradox, internal conflict, foreshadowing.

12. “I have begun to plant thee and will labor/ to make thee full of growing.” (Act I, Scene IV)

    • Speaker: King Duncan.

    • Meaning: Duncan tells Macbeth that he has started to nurture him (by rewarding him) and will continue to help him grow and prosper.

    • Literary Elements: Metaphor (comparing nurturing Macbeth to planting and growing a plant), dramatic irony (Duncan's trust is misplaced).

13. “Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter/The Prince of Cumberland.” (Act I, Scene IV)

    • Speaker: King Duncan.

    • Meaning: Duncan announces that his son Malcolm will be his heir, creating a new obstacle for Macbeth’s ambitions to become king.

    • Literary Elements: Foreshadowing, dramatic irony (Macbeth sees Malcolm as an obstacle to his ambitions).

14. “That is a step/On which I must fall down or else o’erleap,/For in my way it lies.” (Act I, Scene IV)

    • Speaker: Macbeth.

    • Meaning: Macbeth reflects on Malcolm being named heir, recognizing it as an obstacle to his own ascension to the throne. He must either overcome it or fail.

    • Literary Elements: Metaphor (comparing Malcolm to a step), internal conflict, foreshadowing.

15. “Yet do I fear thy nature;/It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness.” (Act I, Scene V)

    • Speaker: Lady Macbeth.

    • Meaning: Lady Macbeth fears that Macbeth is too kind and moral to seize the crown by any means necessary.

    • Literary Elements: Metaphor (kindness as milk), characterization, irony (Lady Macbeth’s ruthlessness contrasts with Macbeth's hesitation).

16. “Come, you spirits/That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,/And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full/Of direst cruelty.” (Act I, Scene V)

    • Speaker: Lady Macbeth.

    • Meaning: Lady Macbeth calls on dark spirits to strip her of her femininity and fill her with cruelty, so she can commit regicide.

    • Literary Elements: Apostrophe (speaking to spirits), metaphor (unsexing as removal of feminine traits), alliteration ("crown to the toe top-full").

17. “Great Glamis, worthy Cawdor,/Greater than both by all-hail hereafter!” (Act I, Scene V)

    • Speaker: Lady Macbeth.

    • Meaning: Lady Macbeth greets Macbeth, acknowledging his titles and anticipating his future as king, as predicted by the witches.

    • Literary Elements: Foreshadowing, dramatic irony (her ambitions for him), repetition ("Great" and "Greater").

18. “Look like th’ innocent flower,/But be the serpent under ‘t.” (Act I, Scene V)

    • Speaker: Lady Macbeth.

    • Meaning: Lady Macbeth advises Macbeth to appear innocent and harmless but be deceitful and deadly underneath.

    • Literary Elements: Simile (comparing innocence to a flower), metaphor (serpent as deceit), theme of appearance vs. reality.

19. “This castle hath a pleasant seat.” (Act I, Scene VI)

    • Speaker: King Duncan.

    • Meaning: Duncan comments on how pleasant and welcoming Macbeth’s castle appears.

    • Literary Elements: Irony (dramatic irony as the audience knows of the murder plot), imagery, foreshadowing (pleasant appearance hiding deadly intentions).

20. “I have no spur/To prick the sides of my intent, but only/Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself/And falls on th’ other.” (Act I, Scene VII)

    • Speaker: Macbeth.

    • Meaning: Macbeth acknowledges that he has no justifiable reason to kill Duncan other than his overpowering ambition, which might lead to his downfall.

    • Literary Elements: Metaphor (ambition as a horse that overleaps), internal conflict, foreshadowing.

21. “I dare do all that may become a man.” (Act I, Scene VII)

    • Speaker: Macbeth.

    • Meaning: Macbeth asserts his bravery and manliness, stating he will do anything that is appropriate for a man to do.

    • Literary Elements: Irony (he is about to commit an unmanly act by murdering Duncan), hyperbole, characterization.

22. “Bring forth men children only,/For thy undaunted mettle should compose nothing but males.” (Act I, Scene VII)

    • Speaker: Macbeth.

    • Meaning: Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth that her fearless spirit is so strong that she should only give birth to male children.

    • Literary Elements: Irony, foreshadowing, characterization.

Act II

1. “Is this a dagger which I see before me...I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.” (Act II, Scene I)

   • Speaker: Macbeth.

   • Meaning: Macbeth hallucinates a dagger leading him to Duncan’s chamber, symbolizing his murderous intentions.

   • Literary Elements: Imagery, symbolism (dagger as ambition and guilt), internal conflict.

2. “I go, and it is done. The bell invites me...for it is a knell/That summons thee to heaven or to hell.” (Act II, Scene I)

   • Speaker: Macbeth.

   • Meaning: Macbeth decides to proceed with the murder of Duncan, indicating the bell signifies Duncan’s impending death.

   • Literary Elements: Metaphor (bell as death knell), foreshadowing, irony.

3. “That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold.” (Act II, Scene II)

   • Speaker: Lady Macbeth.

   • Meaning: Lady Macbeth refers to the wine that made the guards drunk, giving her the courage to partake in the murder.

   • Literary Elements: Irony, foreshadowing, symbolism (wine as courage).

4. “Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor/Shall sleep no more. Macbeth shall sleep no more.” (Act II, Scene II)

   • Speaker: Macbeth.

   • Meaning: Macbeth laments that by murdering Duncan, he has destroyed his own peace and will never sleep peacefully again.

   • Literary Elements: Metaphor (murder of sleep as loss of peace), irony, foreshadowing.

5. “A little water clears us of this deed.” (Act II, Scene II)

   • Speaker: Lady Macbeth.

   • Meaning: Lady Macbeth believes that washing away the blood will remove their guilt for the murder.

   • Literary Elements: Irony, foreshadowing, symbolism (water as purification).

6. “O horror, horror, horror.” (Act II, Scene III)

   • Speaker: Macduff.

   • Meaning: Macduff is horrified upon discovering Duncan’s murder.

   • Literary Elements: Repetition, hyperbole, imagery.

7. “All is but toys. Renown and grace is dead./The wine of life is drawn.” (Act II, Scene III)

   • Speaker: Macbeth.

   • Meaning: Macbeth mourns that life has lost its meaning and joy after Duncan's death.

   • Literary Elements: Metaphor (life as a drained wine), irony, imagery.

8. “In the great hand of God I stand, and thence/Against the undivulged pretense I fight/Of treasonous malice.” (Act II, Scene III)

   • Speaker: Banquo.

   • Meaning: Banquo vows to stand with God and fight against the treasonous act of Duncan's murder.

   • Literary Elements: Allusion (to God), irony, foreshadowing.

9. “The King’s two sons,/Are stolen away and fled, which puts upon them/Suspicion of the deed.” (Act II, Scene IV)

   • Speaker: Macduff.

   • Meaning: Macduff notes that Malcolm and Donalbain’s flight makes them suspects in Duncan’s murder.

   • Literary Elements: Irony, foreshadowing, characterization.

Act III

1. “Thou hast it now – King, Cawdor, Glamis, all/As the Weird Women promised, and I fear/Thou played’st most foully for ‘t.” (Act III, Scene I)

   • Speaker: Banquo.

   • Meaning: Banquo suspects Macbeth of foul play in achieving the witches' prophecies.

   • Literary Elements: Irony, foreshadowing, characterization.

2. “To be thus is nothing,/But to be safely thus. Our fears in Banquo/Stick deep,” (Act III, Scene I)

   • Speaker: Macbeth.

   • Meaning: Macbeth believes being king is worthless if he isn't secure, fearing Banquo’s descendants.

   • Literary Elements: Internal conflict, foreshadowing, irony.

3. “I am one, my liege,/Hath so incensed that I am reckless what/I do to spite the world.” (Act III, Scene I)

   • Speaker: Murderer.

   • Meaning: The Murderer tells Macbeth he is so angry that he is willing to do anything, even murder, to get back at the world.

   • Literary Elements: Characterization, irony, foreshadowing.

4. “Naught’s had, all’s spent,/Where our desire is got without content.” (Act III, Scene II)

   • Speaker: Lady Macbeth.

   • Meaning: Lady Macbeth laments that gaining their desires has not brought them happiness.

   • Literary Elements: Irony, foreshadowing, characterization.

5. “We have scorched the snake, not killed it.” (Act III, Scene II)

   • Speaker: Macbeth.

   • Meaning: Macbeth believes they have only partially dealt with their threats and more danger lies ahead.

   • Literary Elements: Metaphor (snake as danger), foreshadowing, imagery.

6. “O treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly!/Thou mayst revenge – O slave!” (Act III, Scene III)

   • Speaker: Banquo.

   • Meaning: Banquo urges his son Fleance to flee from the assassins, hoping he will one day avenge him.

   • Literary Elements: Foreshadowing, irony, repetition.

7. “Thou canst not say I did it. Never shake/Thy gory locks at me.” (Act III, Scene IV)

   • Speaker: Macbeth.

   • Meaning: Macbeth, seeing Banquo’s ghost, denies responsibility for Banquo's murder.

   • Literary Elements: Irony, foreshadowing, imagery.

Act IV

1. “I am in blood/Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more,/Returning were as tedious as go o’er.” (Act III, Scene IV)

   • Speaker: Macbeth.

   • Meaning: Macbeth feels he is so far into his bloody deeds that turning back would be as difficult as continuing.

   • Literary Elements: Metaphor (blood as his deeds), irony, foreshadowing.

2. “Double, double toil and trouble;/Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.” (Act IV, Scene I)

   • Speaker: The Witches.

   • Meaning: The witches chant a spell as they prepare a potion, reflecting the chaos they cause.

   • Literary Elements: Repetition, alliteration, foreshadowing.

3. “By the pricking of my thumbs,/Something wicked this way comes.” (Act IV, Scene I)

   • Speaker: Second Witch.

   • Meaning: The witch senses something evil approaching, referring to Macbeth.

   • Literary Elements: Foreshadowing, irony, imagery.

4. “Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff!/Beware the Thane of Fife! Dismiss me. Enough.” (Act IV, Scene I)

   • Speaker: First Apparition.

   • Meaning: The apparition warns Macbeth to be wary of Macduff.

   • Literary Elements: Foreshadowing, dramatic irony (audience knows the full danger), repetition.

5. “Be bloody, bold, and resolute. Laugh to scorn/The power of man, for none of woman born/Shall harm Macbeth.” (Act IV, Scene I)

   • Speaker: Second Apparition.

   • Meaning: The apparition tells Macbeth to be confident and fearless, as no man born of a woman will harm him.

   • Literary Elements: Irony, foreshadowing, paradox.

6. “Macbeth shall never vanquished be until/Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill/Shall come against him.” (Act IV, Scene I)

   • Speaker: Third Apparition.

   • Meaning: The apparition declares that Macbeth will not be defeated until Birnam Wood moves to Dunsinane Hill, which seems impossible.

   • Literary Elements: Foreshadowing, irony, imagery.

7. “The castle of Macduff I will surprise,/Seize upon Fife, give to th’ edge o’ th’ sword.” (Act IV, Scene I)

   • Speaker: Macbeth.

   • Meaning: Macbeth decides to attack Macduff’s castle and kill his family.

   • Literary Elements: Foreshadowing, irony, imagery.

8. “Be not found here. Hence with your little ones!/To fright you thus methinks I am too savage.” (Act IV, Scene II)

   • Speaker: Messenger.

   • Meaning: The messenger warns Lady Macduff to flee with her children, acknowledging the brutality of the warning.

   • Literary Elements: Foreshadowing, irony, imagery.

9. “I think our country sinks beneath the yoke./It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash/Is added to her wounds.” (Act IV, Scene III)

   • Speaker: Malcolm.

   • Meaning: Malcolm laments the suffering of Scotland under Macbeth’s tyrannical rule.

   • Literary Elements: Personification (country weeping and bleeding), imagery, metaphor (yoke as oppression).

10. “Not in the legions/Of horrid hell can come a devil more damned/In evils to top Macbeth.” (Act IV, Scene III)

    • Speaker: Macduff.

    • Meaning: Macduff declares that not even the devils in hell could be worse than Macbeth.

    • Literary Elements: Hyperbole, irony, imagery.

11. “Wife, children, servants, all that could be found.” (Act IV, Scene III)

    • Speaker: Ross.

    • Meaning: Ross informs Macduff that his entire family and servants were killed by Macbeth’s orders.

    • Literary Elements: Irony, foreshadowing, imagery.

Act V

1. “Out, damned spot, out I say!” (Act V, Scene I)

   • Speaker: Lady Macbeth.

   • Meaning: Lady Macbeth, in her sleepwalking, tries to wash away imagined bloodstains, symbolizing her guilt.

   • Literary Elements: Imagery, symbolism (blood as guilt), irony.

2. “Out, out brief candle!/Life’s but a walking shadow.” (Act V, Scene V)

   • Speaker: Macbeth.

   • Meaning: Macbeth reflects on the futility and brevity of life after learning of Lady Macbeth’s death.

   • Literary Elements: Metaphor (candle as life), imagery, irony.

3. “Tell thee Macduff was from his mother’s womb/Untimely ripped.” (Act V, Scene VIII)

   • Speaker: Macduff.

   • Meaning: Macduff reveals he was born via Caesarean section, thus not “of woman born” in the usual sense, fulfilling the prophecy.

   • Literary Elements: Irony, foreshadowing, resolution of prophecy.

4. “We will perform in measure, time, and place./So thanks to all at once and to each one,/Whom we invite to see us crowned at Scone.” (Act V, Scene VIII)

   • Speaker: Malcolm.

   • Meaning: Malcolm invites everyone to his coronation at Scone, restoring order after Macbeth’s death.

   • Literary Elements: Resolution, imagery, characterization.