"So foul and fair a day I have not seen,"

The siginificance is Macbeth paraphrasing what the witches said. It means the day is fair because he won the battle, but foul because he's exhausted and is bleeding.

"Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,"

The significance is that Lady Macbeth shows her practical nature. It means Lady Macbeth wants all womanly factors, such as sensitivity and fear, to be taken out of her and she's asking the witches to do this.

"Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand?"

The significance is that he is hallucinating. Throughout this speech, Macbeth is very nervous and his conscience is killing him because he knows what he's about to do.

"Macbeth does murder sleep--the innocent sleep"

The significance is to show Macbeth's guilty conscience. In this quote Macbeth says sleep is supposed to repair your body, just as knitting would repair a tattered sweater. He is afraid after committing such an evil.

"Double, double, toil and trouble; / Fire burn and caldron bubble,"

The significance is to show the witches' confirmation of their plans for Macbeth. The witches state that the trouble they're going to bring upon him will be double the terror.

"Out damned spot! Out I say!!"

The significance is to show Lady Macbeth's mental deterioration. She says this in reference to the death of Duncan. She's trying to remove the guilt from her hands.

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Quote	Explanation
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair,"	The significance of this paradox is that it sets us up for the doubleness of the play. It means what is fair to the witches is foul to man.
"Though his bark cannot be lost, / Yet it shall be tempest-tossed,"	The significance is that it gives us insight on the capabilities of the witches. It means the first witch can't destroy the sailor's boat, but she can make him miserable with a storm, meaning witches can only play with man, not destroy him.
"So foul and fair a day I have not seen,"	The siginificance is Macbeth paraphrasing what the witches said. It means the day is fair because he won the battle, but foul because he's exhausted and is bleeding.
"Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,"	The significance is that Lady Macbeth shows her practical nature. It means Lady Macbeth wants all womanly factors, such as sensitivity and fear, to be taken out of her and she's asking the witches to do this.
"Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand?"	The significance is that he is hallucinating. Throughout this speech, Macbeth is very nervous and his conscience is killing him because he knows what he's about to do.
"Macbeth does murder sleep--the innocent sleep"	The significance is to show Macbeth's guilty conscience. In this quote Macbeth says sleep is supposed to repair your body, just as knitting would repair a tattered sweater. He is afraid after committing such an evil.
"Double, double, toil and trouble; / Fire burn and caldron bubble,"	The significance is to show the witches' confirmation of their plans for Macbeth. The witches state that the trouble they're going to bring upon him will be double the terror.
"Out damned spot! Out I say!!"	The significance is to show Lady Macbeth's mental deterioration. She says this in reference to the death of Duncan. She's trying to remove the guilt from her hands.

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