Macbeth.

Front 1

The spell the witches cast in the beginning?

Back 1

'Fair is foul and foul is fair'.

Front 2

A description of Macbeth's bloody mutilation of a soldier on the battlefield?

Back 2

'he unseamed him from the nave to th'chaps and fixed his head upon our battlements'.

Front 3

Duncan's positive descriptions of Macbeth in Act 1 Scene 2?

Back 3

'O valiant cousin, worthy gentleman' and 'noble Macbeth'.

Front 4

What are some of the crimes the witches confess to doing in Act 1 Scene 3?

Back 4

"Killing swine" and causing destructive weather.

Front 5

What phrase does Banquo use to highlight the witches' obscure gender?

Back 5

'But each at once her choppy finger laying upon her skinny lips; you should be women and yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you are so'.

Front 6

Which word do the witches continually repeat in Act 1 Scene 3?

Back 6

'Hail'.

Front 7

What do the witches prophecise will happen in Banquo's future?

Back 7

'Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none'.

Front 8

The most important part of the witches' prophecy for Macbeth?

Back 8

'All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter'.

Front 9

An indicator that the 'weird sisters' are not human?

Back 9

'The earth hath bubbles, as the water has, and these are of them'.

Front 10

Banquo's link with the witches to Satan;

Back 10

'What, can the devil speak true?'

Front 11

A line which epitomises Banquo's awareness that the witches are up to no good?

Back 11

'The instruments of darkness tell us truths; Win us us with honest trifles, to betray's in deepest consequence.'

Front 12

Macbeth's first reference to murder in order to achieve his ambitious dreams?

Back 12

'why do i yield to that suggestion, whose horrid image doth unfix my hair and make my seated heart knock at my ribs against the use of nature?'

Front 13

Macbeth's reference to caring little about the witches' prophecies?

Back 13

'My dull brain was wrought with things forgotten.'

Front 14

One of Macbeth's references to nature in a dark manner?

Back 14

'Stars, hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires'.

Front 15

Duncan's kind words to Macbeth in Act 1 Scene 4?

Back 15

'My worthy Cawdor' and 'peerless kinsman'.

Front 16

Lady Macbeth's first words after reading Macbeth's letter?

Back 16

'Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be what thou art promised...'

Front 17

What does Lady Macbeth fear will negatively affect Macbeth's ambition?

Back 17

He is 'too full o'th'milk of human kindness'.

Front 18

What does Lady Macbeth plan to do to Macbeth towards the start of Act 1 Scene 5?

Back 18

'pour my spirits in thine ear and chastise with the valour of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round'.

Front 19

Lady Macbeth's reference to the supernatural towards the start of Act 1 Scene 5?

Back 19

'fate and metaphysical aid doth seem to have thee crowned withal'.

Front 20

A phrase which reflects Lady Macbeth's wish to become a man or at least embody many of the masculine qualities of one?

Back 20

'Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here and fill me from the crown to the toe topfull of direst cruelty...'

Front 21

Lady Macbeth's reference to motherhood in Act 1 Scene 5?

Back 21

'Come to my woman's breasts and take my milk for gall'.

Front 22

Lady Macbeth's dark reference to nature in Act 1 Scene 5?

Back 22

'Come, thick night, and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell...'

Front 23

How does Macbeth refer to his wife in Act 1 Scene 5?

Back 23

'My dearest love'.

Front 24

Which animal does Lady Macbeth make reference to in Act 1 Scene 5?

Back 24

A raven.

Front 25

What commands does Lady Macbeth give to Macbeth in Act 1 Scene 5?

Back 25

'look like th'innocent flower, but be the serpent under't' and 'look up clear; to alter favour ever is to fear. Leave all the rest to me'.

Front 26

How does Duncan describe the atmosphere of Macbeth's castle in Act 1 Scene 6?

Back 26

'This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle senses'.

Front 27

How does Duncan refer to Lady Macbeth and Macbeth in Act 1 Scene 6?

Back 27

As '[Fair and noble/honoured] hostess' and 'host'.

Front 28

What are some of the reasons Macbeth thinks of for not killing Duncan?

Back 28

'I am his kinsman and his subject, strong both against the deed; then, as his host, who should against his murderer shut the door, not bear the knife myself.'

Front 29

A religious reference Macbeth makes in Act 1 Scene 7, in connection with Duncan?

Back 29

'his virtues will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued against the deep damnation of his taking-off.'

Front 30

Phrase which illustrate Lady Macbeth's questioning of Macbeth's masculinity in Act 1 Scene 7?

Back 30

'Wouldst thou have that which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, and live a coward in thine own esteem..like the poor cat i'th'adage?' and 'When you durst do it, then you were a man'.

Front 31

A quote which supports the idea of Lady Macbeth having a brutal nature in Act 1 Scene 7?

Back 31

'I have given suck and know how tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums and dashed the brains out, had i so sworn as you have done to this'.

Front 32

A quote which supports Lady Macbeth's great determination to succeed in Act 1 Scene 7?

Back 32

'We fail? But screw your courage to the sticking-place and we'll no fail.'