Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Macbeth.
CAPTAIN
And Fortune, on his damned quarry smiling,
Show'd like a rebel's whore. But all's too weak;
For brave Macbeth -well he deserves that name-
Disdaining Fortune, with his brand...
BANQUO
[…] My noble partner
You greet with present grace and great prediction
Of noble having and of royal hope,
That he seems rapt withal. To me you speak not.
If you can...
Third Witch
All hail, Macbeth, thou shalt be king hereafter!
[…]
Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none:
So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo! (1.3.4-6)
ALL
Fair is foul, and foul is fair.
Hover through the fog and filthy air. (1.1.1)
BANQUO
You should be women,
And yet your beards forbid me to interpret
That you are so. (1.3.1)
Thunder and lightning. Enter three Witches
First Witch
When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Second Witch
When the hurlyburly's done,
W...
DUNCAN
What bloody man is that? He can report,
As seemeth by his plight, of the revolt
The newest state. (1.2.1)
My noble partner
You greet with present grace and great prediction
Of noble having and of royal hope,
That he seems rapt withal: to me you speak not.
If you can look into the seeds...