| A | B |
|---|
| Macbeth | Ruthless |
| Lady Macbeth | Assertive |
| Banquo | Wary |
| Witches | Ambiguous |
| Macduff | Fierce |
| Malcolm | Careful |
| Duncan | Kind |
| Glamis and Thane of Cawdor! The greatest is behind. | Macbeth anticipating future |
| And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray ’s In deepest consequence. | Banquo warning about the witches |
| And nothing is but what is not. | Macbeth revealing a central truth of the play |
| He was a gentleman on whom I built 15 An absolute trust. | Duncan talking about Macdonwald but also show Duncan's trusting nature |
| I have begun to plant thee and will labor To make thee full of growing. | Duncan's kind nature |
| He’s here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, 15 Not bear the knife myself. | Macbeth about why he should not kill Duncan |
| I have given suck, and know How tender ’tis to love the babe that milks me. I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums 65 And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this. | Lady Macbeth asserting her ability to act with power |
| Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way. | Lady Macbeth's understanding of her husband |
| Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? | Macbeth before the murder of Duncan |
| Had he not resembled My father as he slept, I had done ’t. | Lady Macbeth - unable to kill |
| I could not say “Amen” When they did say “God bless us.” | Macbeth - realizing the scope of his action |
| These deeds must not be though After these ways; so, it will make us mad. | Lady Macbeth - trying to give advice that she cannot follow |
| To be thus is nothing, But to be safely thus. | Macbeth - trying to retain power |
| No son of mine succeeding. If ’t be so, For Banquo’s issue have I filed my mind | Macbeth's logic for needing to kill Banquo and his son |
| Things without all remedy Should be without regard. What’s done is done. | Lady Macbeth - advising that Macbeth should not think about past actions |
| O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife! | Macbeth admitting his fears |
| Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, Till thou applaud the deed. | Macbeth becoming more alone |
| My lord is often thus And hath been from his youth. | Lady Macbeth's excuse for Macbeth's behavior at the banquet. |
| Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff! | End of play prediction 1 |
| Laugh to scorn The power of man, for none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth. | End of play prediction 2 |
| Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill Shall come against him. | End of play prediction 3 |
| Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, | Macbeth on how his actions have trapped him in a time what brings no joy |
