Summary Complete Collection of Macbeth Quotes with detailed analysis.
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Course
English
Institution
GCSE
44 Quotes with cover every theme in Macbeth:
- Ambition
- Evil
- Power & Kingship
- Masculinity
- Deceptive Appearances
- Violence
- Guilt & Conscience
- Supernatural
All with detailed analysis as well as who said it and where.
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"If chance will have me king, Act 1 Macbeth Macbeth debates with himself, and realises Power &
why, chance may crown me Scene 4 that he does not need to act in order to Kingship
Without my stir" become king.
"We will proceed no further in Act 1 Macbeth "We will proceed no further in this Masculinity
this business." Scene 7 business."
"instruments of darkness" Act 1 Banquo Banquo doesn't accept the prophecies and Evil
Scene 3 stays loyal.
"plucked my nipple from his Act 1 Lady Macbeth L.M says she would destroy her child for Masculinity
boneless gums and dashed the Scene 7 power - contrasts women's caring nature
brains out'"
"'pour my spirits in thine ear" Act 1 Lady Macbeth L.M has power over M - not common, Masculinity
Scene 5 women = weaker sex
'my dearest partner in Act 1 Lady Macbeth This is what Macbeth calls Lady Macbeth
greatness' Scene 5 when she reads a letter from him, and shows
that they see each other as equals.
'are you a man' Act 3 Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth is emasculating her husband Masculinity
Scene 4
"Macbeth does murder sleep" Act 2 Macbeth Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth what he Guilt &
Scene 2 thought he heard when he killed the king Conscience
Sleep symbolically represents peace -
Macbeth by killing the sleeping King
Duncan has metaphorically murdered his
own peace of mind - he fears that he will
never be able to sleep again because only the
innocent can rest peacefully
"Will all great Neptune's ocean Act 2 Macbeth Macbeth see's blood on his hands, he feels Guilt &
wash this blood Clean from Scene 2 terribly guilty. Conscience
my hand?"
"Out, damned spot!" Act 5 Lady Macbeth She cannot hide her guilt. Guilt &
Scene 1 Conscience
"I could not say 'Amen,' when Act 2 Macbeth Macbeth's sin has strayed him away from n/a
they did say 'God bless us'" Scene 2 God.
"Thy bones are marrowless, Act 3 Macbeth Macbeth speaks this line when Banquo's Guilt &
thy blood is cold Scene 4 ghost appears to him at the banquet. Conscience
Thou hast no speculation in Macbeth's vision of the ghost reveals his
those eyes guilt over ordering the murder of Banquo
and his young son. His sense of guilt is so
powerful that he loses his sense of reality
and cannot be sure whether he is having a
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