Ten Quotes You Need To Learn From Macbeth

"Brave Macbeth - Well he deserves that name" - Said by Ross Scene 2, Act 1

Talks about the character of Macbeth and how he is held in a very high regard by the king and the people that surround him - He has been fighting for the king as a Worthy and Valiant soldier - however as the play develops it shows how they judge people - Patriarchy shows how a mans character wasnt judged upon his values or how honest or trustworthy he was it was judged upon his bravery.

"Let no light see my dark and deep desires"- Said by Macbeth Scene 4, Act 1

It can be a metaphor for God , The people around him - Macbeth had dark desires before meeting Lady Macbeth - These thoughts are deep with him they are stuck in him - It shows us the power of the supernatural how the catalyst for Macbeth's change in character was meeting the witches.

"Unsex me here, and fill me , from the crown to the toe, top full of direst cruelty" - Said by Lady Macbeth Scene 5, Act 1

She is asking to take away her feminine qualities (not to be a man) - She wants to be filled with the worst possible evil - Women were suffering so much with patriarchy that for a woman to become powerful she would have to sacrifice her looks , she had to become as masculine as possible

"When thou durst to do it , then you are a man" - Said by Lady Macbeth Scene 7, Act 1

Patriarchal Men had to be brave and courageous especially in the eyes of his wife - She calls him a coward - it puts Macbeth over the edge - arguably Macbeth kills Duncan to prove his masculinity to his wife

"Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand" - Said by Macbeth Scene 2, Act 2

He feels really guilty but as human nature goes the 1st time you commit a bad deed you feel really guilty but then you do it again and again and by the 5th or 6th time it does not feel bad anymore and thats what hppens to Macbeth - He is used to killing but only in the army for the right reason - When he kills Duncan feels guilt but then he kills Banquo does'nt feel as guilty , kills Lady Macduff doesn't feel guilt at and kills her son and doesn't feel guilty - shows Macbeth becoming more emotionless - This quote can be linked to Act 5, Scene 1 When Lady Macbeth is trying to wash the blood off her hands (Ironic)

"Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow" - Said by Macbeth Scene 2, Act 5

Brief candle can be a metaphor for life - You can never catch your shadow , you are always chasing your shadow - the shadow can represent a lot of things such as power , respect, money whatever Macbeth is chasing - 1st he wanted to become King then killed Banquo because he wanted his kids to be King - if the candle is lit it will burn either you blow it out or let it burn(die naturally) Macbeth's candle is blown out by Macduff who chops his head off - Macbeth is questioning whether it was worth it

“Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under’t" - Said by Lady Macbeth Scene 5, Act 1

Look innocent , look happy but be evil - She is telling Macbeth to be Two-faced

“Full of scorpions is my mind” - Said by Macbeth Scene 2, Act 3

Scorpions are eating away at his mind - this quote can be used to foreshadow that it will be the eventual downfall for Macbeth where he will lose his mind - He is a man that is possesed by his hunger and desire for power

“Fair is foul, and foul is fair” - Said by The Witches Scene 1, Act 1

Good is bad and bad is good - morality is flipped upside down what you expect does not happen - brave Mcbeth becomes nasty Macbeth - confident and beautiful Lady Macbeth becomes a broken mess by the end

“The instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray’s in deepest consequence” - Said by Banquo Scene 3, Act 1

An instrument is to be played - the witches are going to play Macbeth and Banquo it foreshadows that something bad will happen - they will tell you truths to win your loyalty - once they pull you in they will drop you and you will suffer