MACBETH QUOTE ID PRACTICE
Act I
“So foul and fair a day I have not seen” (1.3.39)
“Lesser than Macbeth and greater” (1.3.68)
Who are the speakers of each quote?
What is the context of each quote?
What is the significance?
Act II
“I go and it is done. The bell invites me.
Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell
That summons thee to Heaven or to Hell” (2.1.75-77).
Who is the speaker?
What is the context?
What is the significance?
Act III
“Thou hast it now—king, Cawdor, Glamis, all
As the Weird Women promised, and I fear
Thou played’st most foully for ‘t” (3.1.1-3).
Who is the speaker?
What is the context?
What is the significance?
Act IV
“Infected be the air whereon they ride,
And damned all those that trust them!” (4.1.57-58)
Who is the speaker?
What is the context?
What is the significance?