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We’ve pulled together all of the top Macbeth quotes below from primary and secondary characters – as well as a good selection from the eponymous hero and his wife – shown in order of the quote appearing in the play, listing the character speaking along with act and scene.
377 quotes from Macbeth: Moment by Moment: ‘By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.’
Macbeth also acknowledges that his role as Duncan’s host and subject is to protect his king, not murder him in his sleep. Macbeth senses that the murder will change his life, by making him king, but also by unleashing his dark ambition on the world.
Enjoy these 'Macbeth' quotes from the Shakespearean play about death, guilt, ambition, power and more. Shakespeare's wordplay, rhyming couplets and cadence of iambic pentameter give the play an...
A list of well-known quotes from Macbeth, one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies.
Macbeth's famous words after being told of Lady Macbeth's death; he is filled with anguish, and a expresses a view found in many of Shakespeare's characters, that of life and its seeming...
Find the quotes you need in William Shakespeare's Macbeth, sortable by theme, character, or scene. From the creators of SparkNotes.
