Act I
Which character says this and what is the meaning of the quote and the aesthetic feature - "Fair is foul, and foul is fair
Hover through the fog and filthy air"
The witches and it is a paradox and it means that what is good is bad and what is bad is good
Which character says this and how does it connect to Elizabethan world view? - Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell
That summons thee to heaven or to hell
Macbeth says it in his soliloquy and it connects to the strong belief in God and the idea that a bell will direct a soul to the afterlife.
Which character says this quote and what does it mean and how does it connect to Elizabethan ideology? “Thou hast it now- king, Cawdor, Glamis, all as the weird women promised, and I fear thou played’st most foully for it.
Banquo says this quote and it means that he fears that after what the witches said that Macbeth has done something bad in order to get it - connects to the Great Chain of Being
Which character says this and what does it mean? How does it connect to Elizabethan ideology? Be bloody, bold and resolute; laugh to scorn
The pow’r of man, for none of woman born
Shall harm Macbeth
Who said this quote and what does it mean and what aesthetic feature is used - Here’s the smell of blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.
Which character says this quote, what does it mean and what is the technique and Elizabethan ideology?" Yet do I fear thy nature;
It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way"
Lady Macbeth and it is a metaphor and connects to the Four Humors and it means that she fears Macbeth does not have what it takes to kill a king.
Which character says this quote and what does it mean, - how does it connect to Elizabethan ideology? Methought I heard a voice cry “Sleep no more!
Macbeth says this and it means that Macbeth will never rest and will feel guilt forever - connects to the unrest he will feel due to the break in the Great Chain of Being
Which character says this and what does it mean what is the stylistic device - “To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus. Our fears in Banquo stick deep, and in his royalty of nature reigns that which would be feared.”
Macbeth says this and he acknowledges that it is not good enough just to be king at this point - he is referring to the prophecies about Banquo's sons and that he needs to be safe - connects to his characterisation and his desire to protect his crown at all costs - his hubris and ambition
Which character says this and what does it mean? What stylistic device is used? "The flighty purpose never is o'ertook / Unless the deed go with it: from this moment / The very firstlings of my heart shall be / The firstlings of my hand."
Macbeth says this and it means that now that he knows Macduff is going to fight against him, he will act before thinking - characterisation
Which character says this and what does it mean? Those he commands move only in command, Nothing in love: now does he feel his title hand loose about him, like a giant’s robe upon a dwarfish thief
Angus says this and it means that people are doing what Macbeth wants them to do but not out of love or loyalty but out of fear and duty
Which character says this quote and what theme does it tie to? - False face must hide what the false heart doth know
Macbeth says this quote and it connects to the appearance vs reality theme
Which character says this quote and what does it mean - what theme does it connect to? Where we are
There’s daggers in men’s smiles
Donalbain says this and it means that we can't trust people as we are targets - connects to the appearance vs reality theme - nothing is what it seems
Which character says this quote and what does it mean and what theme does it connect to? Naught’s had, all’s spent, where our desire is got without content.
Lady Macbeth and she says it in her soliloquy - she is saying that although they have achieved their goal of killing Duncan she is not happy - connects to the theme of guilt
Which character says this and what does it mean? What theme does it connect to? "Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell"
Malcolm says this to Macduff and that some angels are good but some are bad even when they appear good - connects to theme of appearance vs reality
Which character says this and what does it mean - I have supp’d full with horrors; direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts cannot once start me.
Macbeth says this and it means that he has done really bad things and seen the worst of things but he is no longer shaken by what he thinks
Which character says this quote and what does it mean? If it were done when ‘tis done, then ‘twere well
It were done quickly
Macbeth says it in a soliloquy and it mean that if something needs to be done and finished then it may as well be done quickly.
Which character says this and what does it mean? My hands are of your colour, but I shame to wear a heart so white.
Lady Macbeth says this and she is saying she is innocent because she didn't kill Duncan but she would hate to be so weak as Macbeth
Which character says this quote and what does it mean and what theme does it connect to - We’ve scorched the snake, not killed it.
Lady Macbeth says this and it means that killing Duncan didn't give them power it just gave them more problems - connects to the them of power
Which character says this and what does it mean? Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak Whispers the o’er-fraught heart, and bids it break.
Malcolm says this and it means to give your sorrow a voice and use your grief to take revenge on Macbeth
Which character says this and what does it mean and what aesthetic feature is used? Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a talk told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
Which character says this quote and what does it mean in terms of gender? - Unsex me here
And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full
Of direst cruelty!
Lady Macbeth says it in her soliloquy and she is wanting to have her femininity and feminine qualities removed so that she can push forward with the murder of Duncan
Who says this quote and what does it mean and how does it connect to theme - O gentle lady’Tis not for you to hear what I can speak.The repetition in a woman’s earWould murder as it fell.
Macduff says this and he is saying that what he has to say should not be heard by a woman - connects to gender and the specific roles men and women play
Which character says this and what does it mean - what stylistic device does it connect to? - We are yet but young in deed
Macbeth says this and it means that they are only just beginning in their murderous deeds - connects to his characterisation
Which character says this and what aesthetic feature exists and what does the quote mean - I think our country sinks beneath the yoke;
It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash
Is added to her wounds
Malcolm says this quote and there are a few aesthetic features in the quote - metaphor, personification - strong imagery - this is a reference to Scotland being destroyed by a tyrant who is not fit to be king
Which character says this and what does it mean - My thanes and kinsmen,/ Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland/ In such an honor named. …. Of this dead butcher and his fiendlike queen,/ Who, as ’tis thought, by self and violent hands/ Took off her life; this, and what needful else/ That calls upon us, by the grace of Grace,/ We will person in measure, time and place
Malcolm says this at the end of the play and it means that there is a lot of work to be done and that everyone who is exiled needs to return and bring to justice all evil and we will do this under God - in the right time and place