macbeth quotes

• Who speaks the line "Fair is foul, and foul is fair"?

  The witches
• What does the quote "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" indicate about the play?

  Supernatural presence throughout the story
• What literary device is used in the line "Fair is foul, and foul is fair?"

  Inversion
• What are the witches warning the audience to do with the line "Fair is foul, and foul is fair"?

  Not to trust appearances
• What theme is introduced with the line "Fair is foul, and foul is fair"?

  Deception
• In what act and scene does Macbeth say "So foul and fair a day I have not seen?"

  Act 1, Scene 3
• What does Macbeth's line "So foul and fair a day I have not seen" foreshadow?

  His involvement with the witches
• What is the next quote discussed after "Fair is foul, and foul is fair?"

  Stars hide your fires
• In what act and scene does Macbeth say "Stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires?"

  Act 1, Scene 4
• What does Macbeth reveal in the quote, "Stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires"?

  His ambition and moral conflict
• What does the light symbolize in the quote "Stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires"?

  God
• What does the alliteration and juxtaposition in "Stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires" emphasize?

  The choice between morality and ambition
• What is Macbeth afraid of in the quote "Stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires"?

  Fantasizing about killing Duncan
• What quote comes after "Stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires?"

  Yet do I fear thy nature
• In what act and scene does Lady Macbeth say "Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness"?

  Act 1, Scene 5
• Who speaks the line "Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness"?

  Lady Macbeth
• To whom is Lady Macbeth referring to when she says, "Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness"?


  Macbeth
• What does Lady Macbeth's line "Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness" reveal about Macbeth's character?

  He's not a murderer by nature
• What traits does Lady Macbeth see as weaknesses in her husband in the quote "Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness"?

  Kindness and empathy
• What is the significance of Lady Macbeth's wording "milk of human kindness?"

  A subtle dig at his masculinity
• What role is Lady Macbeth setting herself up to be in the eyes of the audience?

  A villain and manipulator
• What is the quote discussed after "Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness"?

  Come, you spirits
• In what act and scene does Lady Macbeth say, "Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here"?

  Act 1, Scene 5
• What is Lady Macbeth asking the dark spirits to do in the quote "Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here?"

  Strip her of her femininity
• What impression is given by the alliterative words used in Lady Macbeth's speech "Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here"?

  A ritual or invocation
• What does Lady Macbeth believe she needs to embody in order to achieve power?

  Traits associated with masculinity
• Why does Lady Macbeth call on the supernatural to "unsex" her?

  Because it's unnatural behavior
• What does the quote "Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here" reveal about Lady Macbeth?

  She is not normally cruel
• What quote comes after "Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here?"

  Is this a dagger
• Who speaks the line "Is this a dagger which I see before me?"

  Macbeth
• In what act and scene does Macbeth say "Is this a dagger which I see before me?"

  Act 2, Scene 1
• What does Macbeth's vision of a dagger bring up?

  The theme of fate vs free will
• What might Macbeth be using as an excuse to kill Duncan?

  Fate and the vision
• What does the vision of the dagger foreshadow?

  Ghosts and hallucinations
• What quote is after "Is this a dagger which I see before me?"

  Had he not resembled my father
• Who speaks the line "Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done't"?

  Lady Macbeth
• In what act and scene does Lady Macbeth say "Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done't"?

  Act 2, Scene 2
• What does Lady Macbeth's line "Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done't" potentially expose?

  A softer, more vulnerable side
• What does Lady Macbeth's breakdown at the end of the play imply?

  Punishment for venturing outside norms
• What quote is after "Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done't"?

  Sleep no more