Macbeth Act 1 Journal Entries
Directions: Cut and paste each quote from Act 1 into your journal. Then write down who said the quote. Paraphrase the quote (i.e. put the quote in your own words – do not copy from the modern translation!). Then say why the quote is important. You might need to discuss what is happening in the play at the point these words are spoken.
QUOTE #1:
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair…”
Act 1, Scene 1, line 12
Speaker:
QUOTE #2:
“Yet do I fear thy nature; / It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness…”
Act 1, Scene 5, lines 16-17
Speaker:
QUOTE #3:
“So foul and fair a day I have not seen.”
Act 1, Scene 3, line 39
Speaker:
QUOTE #4:
“Look like th’ innocent flower / But be the serpent under ‘t.”
Act 1, Scene 5, lines 76-78
Speaker:
QUOTE #5:
“If chance will have me king, why, / chance may crown me / without my stir.”
Act 1, Scene 3, lines 157-159
Speaker:
QUOTE #6:
“Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here…”
Act 1, Scene 5, lines 47-48
Speaker:
QUOTE #7:
“If it were done when ‘tis done, then ‘twere well / It were done quickly.”
Act 1, Scene 7, lines 1-2
Speaker:
QUOTE #8:
“Stars, hide your fires; / Let not light see my black and deep desires.”
Act 1, Scene 4, lines 57-58
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