Below are some textual references to support the relevant themes that you need to

revise for your exams.

ORDER VS DISORDER

1. "Fair is foul, and foul is fair, / Hover through the fog and filthy air" - Act 1, Scene
1: This famous line spoken by the witches at the beginning of the play sets the
tone for the theme of chaos and disorder.

2. "Stars, hide your fires; / Let not light see my black and deep desires" - Act 1, Scene
4: Macbeth's soliloquy reveals his internal struggle between his desire for
power and the order of the natural world.

3. "Double, double toil and trouble; / Fire burn and cauldron bubble" - Act 4, Scene
1: The witches' chant as they prepare their potion for Macbeth represents the
chaos and disorder they are creating.

4. "Out, damned spot! Out, I say!" - Act 5, Scene 1: Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking
and guilt-ridden speech is symbolic of the chaos and disorder that has taken
over her mind.

5. "And all our yesterdays have lighted fools / The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief
candle!" - Act 5, Scene 5: Macbeth's soliloquy reflects on the chaos he has
caused and the order that has been lost as a result.

6. "Why do you dress me / In borrowed robes?" - Act 1, Scene 3: This quote is

spoken by Macbeth after he is named Thane of Cawdor. It suggests that
Macbeth is uncomfortable with the disorder and chaos that comes with
usurping the throne.

7. "As sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion." - Act 1, Scene 2: This quote is spoken
by Captain, a soldier in Duncan's army, to describe the English army's victory
over the Scottish army. The metaphor suggests that the Scottish army, led by
Macbeth, is weak and disorganized compared to the English army.

8. "What, all my pretty chickens and their dam / At one fell swoop?" - Act 4, Scene 3:
This quote is spoken by Macduff after he learns that Macbeth has had his
family killed. The phrase "one fell swoop" implies that Macbeth's actions are
rash and chaotic.

9. "The night has been unruly. Where we lay, / Our chimneys were blown down and,
as they say, / Lamentings heard I' th' air, strange screams of death, / And
prophesying with accents terrible / Of dire combustion and confused events /
New hatched to th' woeful time. The obscure bird / Clamored the livelong night." -
Act 2, Scene 3: This quote is spoken by Lennox, a Scottish nobleman, to
describe the chaos that occurred on the night that Duncan was murdered.
The imagery in the passage emphasizes the disorder and confusion that has
been unleashed on Scotland.

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 10. "I have almost forgot the taste of fears; / The time has been, my senses would have
cooled / To hear a night-shriek, and my fell of hair / Would at a dismal treatise
rouse and stir / As life were in 't. I have supped full with horrors." - Act 5, Scene
5: This quote is spoken by Macbeth in his final soliloquy, as he reflects on the
chaos and disorder that his actions have brought about. The passage suggests
that Macbeth has become numb to the horrors he has unleashed, but it also
implies that he recognizes the gravity of his crimes.

AMBITION/POWER
1. "I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only / Vaulting ambition,
which o'erleaps itself / And falls on th' other." - Act 1, Scene 7: Macbeth's
soliloquy reveals his ambition for power and his internal conflict over
whether or not to murder King Duncan.

2. "All hail, Macbeth, hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! / All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be
king hereafter!" - Act 1, Scene 3: The witches' prophecy ignites Macbeth's
ambition for power.

3. "Stars, hide your fires; / Let not light see my black and deep desires." - Act 1,
Scene 4: Macbeth's soliloquy reveals his desire for power and the lengths he is
willing to go to achieve it.

4. "Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand? Come, let
me clutch thee." - Act 2, Scene 1: Macbeth's hallucination of a dagger
represents his ambition and desire for power, as he prepares to kill King
Duncan.

5. "I dare do all that may become a man; / Who dares do more is none." - Act 1,
Scene 7: Lady Macbeth's response to Macbeth's hesitation to murder King
Duncan reveals her own ambition for power and her willingness to do
whatever it takes to achieve it.

6. "What's done cannot be undone." - Act 5, Scene 1: Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking

and guilt-ridden speech reveals the consequences of her and Macbeth's
ambition for power.

7. "Till Birnam Wood remove to Dunsinane / I cannot taint with fear. What's the boy
Malcolm? / Was he not born of woman? The spirits that know / All mortal
consequences have pronounced me thus: / 'Fear not, Macbeth. No man that's born
of woman / Shall e'er have power upon thee.'" - Act 5, Scene 3: Macbeth's
soliloquy reveals his belief that his ambition for power will be fulfilled,
despite the obstacles in his way.

8. "Out, out, brief candle! / Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player / That struts
and frets his hour upon the stage / And then is heard no more. It is a tale / Told by

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 an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing." - Act 5, Scene 5: Macbeth's
final soliloquy reflects on the consequences of his ambition for power, as he
realizes that it has led him to a meaningless existence.

9. "Yet do I fear thy nature; / It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness" - Act 1,
Scene 5: Lady Macbeth's soliloquy reveals her ambition for power and her
belief that Macbeth is too weak to seize the throne without her help.

10. "But screw your courage to the sticking-place, / And we'll not fail." - Act 1, Scene
7: Lady Macbeth's response to Macbeth's hesitation to murder King Duncan
reveals her ambition for power and her role in pushing Macbeth to commit
the deed.

11. "Here's the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of / Arabia will not sweeten
this little hand. Oh, oh, oh!" - Act 5, Scene 1: Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking and
guilt-ridden speech reveals the consequences of her and Macbeth's ambition
for power.

12. "I have no spur / To prick the sides of my intent, but only / Vaulting ambition,
which o'erleaps itself / And falls on th' other" - Act 1, Scene 7: Macbeth's
soliloquy reveals his ambition for power and his internal conflict over
whether or not to murder King Duncan.

13. "Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, / Not cast aside so soon" - Act 3,
Scene 1: Macbeth's soliloquy reveals his ambition for power and his fear of
losing it.

14. "I 'gin to be aweary of the sun, / And wish th' estate o' th' world were now undone" -
Act 5, Scene 5: Macbeth's final soliloquy reflects on the consequences of his
ambition for power, as he realizes that it has led him to a meaningless
existence.

15. "And that which should accompany old age, / As honor, love, obedience, troops of
friends, / I must not look to have, but in their stead, / Curses not loud but deep,
mouth-honor, breath, / Which the poor heart would fain deny and dare not." - Act
5, Scene 3: Macbeth's soliloquy reveals the consequences of his ambition for
power, as he realizes that he has lost everything that should have come with
his position as king.

APPEARANCE VERSUS REALITY

1. "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" - Act 1, Scene 1: This famous line spoken by the
witches at the beginning of the play sets the tone for the theme of appearance
vs. reality.

2. "There's no art / To find the mind's construction in the face" - Act 1, Scene 4:
Duncan's comment on the difficulty of reading someone's true intentions is
ironic, as he is unaware that Macbeth plans to murder him.

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 3. "False face must hide what the false heart doth know" - Act 1, Scene 7: Macbeth's
soliloquy reveals his intention to hide his true motives from those around
him.

4. "Look like the innocent flower, / But be the serpent under 't" - Act 1, Scene 5: Lady
Macbeth's advice to Macbeth reveals her own willingness to deceive others in
order to achieve her goals.

5. "Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand? Come, let
me clutch thee" - Act 2, Scene 1: Macbeth's hallucination of a dagger represents
the blurred lines between appearance and reality in his mind.

6. "All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand" - Act 5, Scene 1:
Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking and guilt-ridden speech reveals the reality of
her actions, despite her previous attempts to appear strong and unshakeable.

7. "Macbeth shall never vanquished be until / Great Birnam Wood to high

Dunsinane Hill / Shall come against him" - Act 4, Scene 1: The witches'
prophecy that Macbeth cannot be defeated until Birnam Wood moves to
Dunsinane reveals the deceptive nature of their predictions.

8. "Out, out, brief candle! / Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player / That struts
and frets his hour upon the stage / And then is heard no more. It is a tale / Told by
an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing." - Act 5, Scene 5: Macbeth's
final soliloquy reflects on the deceptive nature of appearances and the
ultimate futility of his actions.

9. "What, will the line stretch out to th' crack of doom? / Another yet? A seventh? I'll
see no more! / And yet the eighth appears, who bears a glass / Which shows me
many more" - Act 4, Scene 1: Macbeth's reaction to the witches' prophecies
reveals his confusion and frustration with the blurred lines between
appearance and reality.

10. "I have no words; / My voice is in my sword, thou bloodier villain / Than
terms can give thee out!" - Act 5, Scene 8: Macduff's response to Macbeth's
deception and betrayal reveals the reality of Macbeth's actions, despite his
previous attempts to appear just and honorable.

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