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macbeth character profiles
Macbeth
evil & at fault
"So foul and fair a day i have not seen" this is the first time macbeth meets the witches and the opening words of the play, act 1, s3, L39
"The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which i must fall down, or else o'erleap," A1, S4, L48
"to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition" s7, L36. this is macbeth's only reason to kill duncan
brave
"for brave Macbeth (well he deserves that name)" act i, s2, L 16
manipulated
"we will proceed no further in this business, He hath honoured me of late" S7, L31. LM then convinces him otherwise
"but in these cases, we still have judgement, that we but teach bloody intructions" s7, L7
"for i am his kinsman and his subject, then as his host" s7, L13
Lady Macbeth
manipulative & power hungry
"Hie thee hither, That i may pour my spirits in thine ear;" s5, L22
"The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlement." s5, L35
saying how she is going to kill duncan when he comes to stay for the night
"O, never shall sun that morrow see! Your fac, my thane, is as a book where men May read strange matters" S5, L58-61
anit-sterotype
dominant & controlling
"make my blood thick, stop up th' access and passage to remorse" act5, L40
"Come to my womens breasts, and take my milk for gall, you murd'ring ministers" a5, L44
Banquo
suspecting
suspecting of the witches: "You should be women, yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you are so." act1, s3, L45
other
the king announces that banquo's children will be future kings: "Sons, kinsmen, thanes...we will establish our estate upon the Prince of Cumberland;" a1, s4, L35
King Duncan
too trusting
"conduct me to my host, we love him highly" act i, s6, L28
"No more that Thane of Cawdor shall decieve Our bosom interest" referring to the old cawdor, irony as macbeth ends up betraying him, act i, s2, L63
"it is a peerless kinsman" A1, S4, L59, this direct quote juxtaposes what macbeth was just thinking in an aside eariler about killing banquo's sons so he can claim the throne
"Give me your hand; conduct me to your host: we love him highly, and shall continue our graces towards him" s6, L28-30
a good king
macbeth quotes: "that tears shall drown the wind" s7, L24