Friday, November 16, 2012

Important Lines


As I've been reading Macbeth, I've underlined phrases that stuck out as particularly important or interesting. I compiled them in a list below (I attempted a wordle, but I'm apparently not as tech savvy as Luisa and Shira.) Some I find illuminating, or a turning point, or just kind of cool.

Fair is foul, and foil is fair
Thrice to thine and thrice to mine, and thrice again to make up nine
Lesser than Macbeth and greater
And nothing is but what is not
My dearest partner of greatness
Leave all the rest to me
False face must hide what the false heart doth know
Whiles I threat, he lives
Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell
A dagger of the mind
To know my deed 'twere best not know myself
A farmer that hung himself on th' expectation of plenty
Banquo, thy soul's flight, if it find heaven, must find it out tonight
After life's fitful fever he sleeps well
Something wicked this way comes
But cruel are the times when we are traitors and do not know ourselves
The night is long that never receives the day
Out, damned spot, out, I say!

Do you have any favorite lines to add?

2 comments:

  1. I think my favorite line in the book is "fair is foul, foul is fair" I think that this line sums up what happens in Macbeth.

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