macbeth quotes themes Flashcards

(19 cards)

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I have no spur

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Ambition and power

to prick the sides of my intent, but vaulting ambition which oerleaps itslef - A1 S7

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when u durst

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Ambition and power

do it then u were a man - A1 S7

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“Life […] is a

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Ambition and power

tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing” – Macbeth, Act 5 S5

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4
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“Stars hide your

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Supernatural Pair 1

fires; let not light see my dark and deep desires” – Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 4

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“Come, thick night and

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Supernatural Pair 1

pall thee in the dunnest smoke of Hell […] nor Heaven peep through” – Lady Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 5

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“The dead butcher

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Supernatural

and his fiend-like queen” – Malcolm, Act 5, Scene 9

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7
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“A dagger

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Supernatural

of the mind” – Macbeth, Act 2, Scene 1

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“Never shake

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Supernatural

thy gory locks at me” – Macbeth, Act 3, Scene 4

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“By the pricking of my thumbs,

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Supernatural

something wicked this way comes” – The witches (Second Witch), Act 4, Scene 1

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“Fair is

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Corruption of nature Pair 1/Supernatural pair 2

foul, and foul is fair” – The witches, Act 1, Scene 1

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“So foul and

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Corruption of nature pair 1/Supernatural Pair 2

fair a day I have not seen” - Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 3

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“Come, you spirits […]

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Appearance vs reality

Unsex me here” – Lady Macbeth, Act I, Scene 5

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“Look like the innocent

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Appearance vs reality

flower, but be the serpent under’t” – Lady Macbeth, Act I, Scene V

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14
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“Out, damned

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Appearance vs reality Pair 1

spot: out, I say!” – Lady Macbeth, Act V, Scene I

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“Out, out,

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Appearance vs reality Pair 1

brief candle” – Macbeth, Act V, Scene V

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16
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“A little water

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Appearance vs reality 2

clears us of this deed” – Lady Macbeth, Act II, Scene II

17
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“All the perfumes of

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Appearance vs reality pair 2

Arabia will not sweeten this little hand” – Lady Macbeth, Act V, Scene I

18
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“Macbeth does

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Corruption of nature

murder sleep!” – Macbeth, Act II, Scene II