1. Macbeth Act I Quotes Carousel
Hickman, Jones, and MacDonald

2. Act I Quotes Exam: Example Answer Practice
a. Speaker
b. To whom they’re speaking
c. Clarification- what is going on in the play when the words are spoken (complete sentences)
d. Analysis- why the quote is important (ie: link to literary terms like mood, tone, irony, foreshadowing, plot,etc) (complete sentences)
“No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive
Our bosom interest. Go, pronounce his present death,
And with his former title greet Macbeth.”

3. Example King Duncan Angus, Ross, Malcolm, Donalbain
After hearing of their victory against the Norwegians and Ross’s negotiations, King Duncan is declaring that the traitor, the Thane of Cawdor, will no longer be able to deceive them because he is to be executed. He instructs Angus and Ross to go greet Macbeth and give him the news that he has been rewarded for his victory in battle with the title: Thane of Cawdor.
This is a example of dramatic irony. At this point in the play, Macbeth does not know that he has been given the title, Thane of Cawdor. When the witches hail him with that title, he is confused. This part of their prophecy is then fulfilled when Ross and Angus arrive to tell him the news of his new title.

4. What to do Identify the speaker Identify to whom they are speaking
Clarify-what is going on in the play when the word are spoke (complete sentences)
Analysis- why the quote is important (link to literary terms like mood, tone, irony, foreshadowing, plot, etc.) (Must be in complete sentences.)

5. “The Prince of Cumberland
“The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I must fall down or else o’erleap, for in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.”
No Fear Book: 28
PDF: 10

6. a. Speaker ___________________________________________
b. To whom they’re speaking _____________________________________
c. Clarification- what is going on in the play when the words are spoken (complete sentences). ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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d. Analysis- why the quote is important (ie: link to literary terms like mood, tone, irony, foreshadowing, plot,etc) (complete sentences)
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7. “He’s here in double trust: First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, strong both against the deed; then, as his host who should against his murder shut the door, not bear the knife myself.”
No Fear Book: 40
PDF: 14

8. a. Speaker ___________________________________________
b. To whom they’re speaking _____________________________________
c. Clarification- what is going on in the play when the words are spoken (complete sentences). ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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d. Analysis- why the quote is important (ie: link to literary terms like mood, tone, irony, foreshadowing, plot,etc) (complete sentences)
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9. “To beguile the time, look like the time
“To beguile the time, look like the time. Bear welcome in your eye, your hand, your tongue. Look like th’ innocent flower, but be the serpent under ‘t.”
No Fear Book: 34
PDF: 12

10. a. Speaker ___________________________________________
b. To whom they’re speaking _____________________________________
c. Clarification- what is going on in the play when the words are spoken (complete sentences). ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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d. Analysis- why the quote is important (ie: link to literary terms like mood, tone, irony, foreshadowing, plot,etc) (complete sentences)
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11. “ Come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top- full of direst cruelty.”
No Fear Book: 32
PDF: 12

12. a. Speaker ___________________________________________
b. To whom they’re speaking _____________________________________
c. Clarification- what is going on in the play when the words are spoken (complete sentences). ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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d. Analysis- why the quote is important (ie: link to literary terms like mood, tone, irony, foreshadowing, plot,etc) (complete sentences)
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13. “Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be what thou are promised
“Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be what thou are promised. Yet do I fear thy nature; it is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way.”
No Fear Book: 30
PDF: 11

14. a. Speaker ___________________________________________
b. To whom they’re speaking _____________________________________
c. Clarification- what is going on in the play when the words are spoken (complete sentences). ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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d. Analysis- why the quote is important (ie: link to literary terms like mood, tone, irony, foreshadowing, plot,etc) (complete sentences)
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15. “Stay you imperfect speakers. Tell me more
“Stay you imperfect speakers. Tell me more. By Sinel’s death I know I am Thane of Glamis. But how of Cawdor? The Thane of Cawdor lives…”
No Fear Book: 16
PDF: 6

16. a. Speaker ___________________________________________
b. To whom they’re speaking _____________________________________
c. Clarification- what is going on in the play when the words are spoken (complete sentences). ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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d. Analysis- why the quote is important (ie: link to literary terms like mood, tone, irony, foreshadowing, plot,etc) (complete sentences)
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