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Macbeth Act 1 Quotes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| "Fair is foul, and foul is fair." | The three witches are all saying this to each other, it's a paradox meaning what seems good is actually bad and what seems bad is actually good |
| "O valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman!" | Duncan is speaking to the Captain while talking about his (Duncan's) cousin Macbeth, characterizing him as valiant because he won the battle and cut off Macdonwald's head |
| "No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive/Go pronounce his present death/And with his former title greet Macbeth/What he hath lost the noble Macbeth hath won." | Duncan is speaking to Ross, he decides to kill the Thane of Cawdor and promote Macbeth to replace him |
| "Sleep shall neither night nor day hang upon his penthouse" | The First Witch is speaking to the other two Witches about what she will do to the Sailor whose wife didn't give her chestnuts, which is to prevent him from sleeping, slowly draining him |
| "So foul and fair a day I have not seen" | Macbeth says this to Banquo; it is fair because he won the battle but foul because he beheaded and killed Macdonwald, something he didn't enjoy doing |
| "Lesser than Macbeth, and greater" "Not so happy, yet much happier" Thou Shalt get kingss, though thou shalt be none" | The Three Witches say these to Banquo these are all paradoxes, how can you be less but also more than someone, how can you be happier and more sad at the same time, and how can Banquo get kings but not be one himself |
| "But 'tis strange and oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray's in the deepest consequence. | Banquo tells Macbeth this because he believes that evil powers give promises of prosperity to tempt people in just so they can be betrayed by those same truths; he believes the Witches are lying |
| "Cannot be ill; cannot be good. If ill, why hath it given me earnest of success, commencing in a truth? I am Thane of Cawdor." | Macbeth says this aside (to himself/audience); Because he has a feeling that the Witches are evil but they did prophesied that he would be promoted to Thane of Cawdor which he was (a good thing vs the ill thing being the witches potentially being bad) |
| "There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face. He was a gentleman on whom I built absolute trust." | Duncan to Malcolm. Duncan is talking about the Thane of Cawdor betraying him. You can't tell someone's thoughts just by looking at them, it's not an attainable skill ("art") Central Idea: Appearance does not reflect reality |
| "Stars, hide your fires/Let not light see my black and deep desires" | Macbeth says this aside; His black & deep desires are his idea to kill Duncan. The starlight is juxtaposed with Macbeth's black desires to emphasize the evil within Macbeth & his desires vs Duncan's goodness. Macbeth is characterized as nervous and guilty |
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