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Act 1 scene 1 quote by the witches showing there prophecies
" fair is
foul
and
foul
is fair"
Theme of
reality
and
secrecy
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Quote about Macbeth act 1 scene 2 as a warrior
" for brace Macbeth- well he deserves that name-
disdaining
fortune with his
brandished steel
, which smoked with bloody execution"
Captain
Loyalty
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Act 1 scene 3 prophecies by the witches
"
All hail, Macbeth that shall be king hereafter
"
Prophecies
Supernatural
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Act 1 scene 1 prophecy about
Banquo
"Thou shalt bear kings though thou be none "
Third witch
Reality
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Macbeths opinion of prophecies at the beginning act 1 scene 3
"
Why do you dress me in borrowed robes
?"
Macbeth
Does not contemplate
regicide
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Lady Macbeth quote to show their relationship in letter act 1
"My
dearest
partner of
greatness
"
Atypical
relationship
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Lady Macbeth quote from soliloquy act 1 about macbeth
"
yet
I do fear the nature , it is too full of the
mill
of human kindness"
Cowardly
ness
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Quote about what lady macbeth will do to Macbeth act 1
"
That I may pour my spirits
in thine ear,
and chastise with the valour of my tongue
"
She
emasculated
him
Manipulation
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Quote about power balance in society said by lady Macbeth in her soliloquy ant 1
"
unsex me here
"
Becoming more like a man as women were seen as
weak
No
emotion
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Quote about reality and deception said by lady Macbeth in her soliloquy
" look like the
innocent flower
but be the
serpent
under't"
Deception
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Quote to show how lady Macbeth emasculated
Macbeth
act 1 scene 7
"
And live
a
coward in thine own esteem
"
Cowardly
Manipulation
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How is the structure in act 1 scene 7 important
Lady Macbeth
dominates the
conversation
with Macbeth only chipping in
It shows she holds more
power
at the
beginning
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Lady Macbeth quote about the promise very graphic act 1 scene 7
"
and dashed the brains out
"
She would kill her own baby
Bloody tragedy
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Lady Macbeth quote about the murder act 1 scene 7
"
we fail
? But screw your
courage
to the sticking place, and we'll not fail"
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Act 2 murder of Duncan dagger quote
"Is this a
dagger
which I see before
me
?"
Macbeth
Reality
Madness
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Act 2 quote about the brain murder of
Duncan
said by
macbeth
"
Proceeding
from the
heat -oppressed brain
"
Macbeth
Evil
Madness
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Quote from act 2 to show Macbeth is guilty
"
I'll go no more. I am afraid to think what I have done
"
Macbeth
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Act 2 scene 2 quote linked to religion showing Macbeth is in
crisis
" I could not say
amen
"
Regicide he has
killed
a god appointed
king
Jacobean chain of being
Guilt
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Lady Macbeth quote about blood after murder
" a little
water
clears us of this
deed
"
Foreshadows
lady macbeths sleepwalking
Guilt
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Quote about what the princes will do after the murder act 2
"What will you do?
Let's not consort with them.
To show an
unfelt sorrow is
an office which the false man does easy."
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Act 3 quote about banquos suspicion
"I
fear
thou played'st most
foully
for it"
Banquo
suspects Macbeth of
murder
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Act 3 quote about
Banquo
and his children after
"We have
scorched
the
snake
, not killed it"
Deception
symbolism
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Quote about Banquo s ghost
Macbeth
"It will have
blood
they say:
blood
will have blood"
Act
3
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Quote from lady Macbeth when Macbeth witnesses the ghost in act 3
"
Sit worthy friends my lord is often this and hath been from his youth
"
She tries to save the
situation
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Warning of the first apparition
"
Beware Macduff
, beware the theme of
fife
"
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Warning of the second apparition
"
For none of woman born shall harm Macbeth
"
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Warning of the third apparition
"
Macbeth shall never be vanquished until great birnam wood to high dunsinane hill shall come against him
"
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Macbeth ordering the murder of Macduffs family
"And all
unfortunate
souls that trace him in his
line
"
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Macduff saying Macbeth is
evil
act
4
"Not in the
legions
of horrid hell can come a devil more damned in evils to top
Macbeth
"
Macduff
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Quote to show the Thames opinion of Macbeth at
the
end
of
the play
"
What does
the
tyrant
?"
Thane
of
meteith
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Quote about lady macbeths grief before her suicide
"Out
dammed spot
! Out I say!"
Said by lady Macbeth in her sleep
Grief
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Quote to show macbeths arrogance at the end of the play when he learns of Malcolm's plan
"
The heart I bear shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear
"
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Quote to show the relationship between Macbeth and lady Macbeth at the end of the play
"
Cure her of that
"
Macbeth
he sees her more as a
hinderence
and displays
no worry
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Macbeth quote from when he is talking to young siward at the end of the play
"Thou call'St
thyself
a
hotter
name than any is in hell"
Said by young siward comparing Macbeth to
Satan
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Quote to show Macbeth is proud during
battle
at the end of the
play
"Why should I play the roman fool and
die
on mine own
sword
?"
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Quote revealing the significance of macduffs truth in the prophecies in the end
"
Tell thee, macduff was from his mothers womb untimely ripped
"
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Quote to summarise the views on Macbeth at the end of the play
Malcolm
"Of this dead
butcher
and his fiend like
queen
"
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When analysing markets, a range of
assumptions
are made about the
rationality
of economic agents involved in the transactions
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The Wealth of Nations was written
1776
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