Ambition/Fear:

“two truths are told as happy prologues to the swelling act of the imperial theme” -
Macbeth 1.3
“This supernatural soliciting cannot be ill, cannot be good” - Macbeth 1.3
“why do I yield to that suggestion whose horrid image doth unfix my hair” - Macbeth 1.3
“make my seated heart knock at my ribs, against the use of nature” - Macbeth 1.3
“If chance will have me king, chance may crown me” - Macbeth 1.3
“look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't” - Lady Macbeth 1.5
“I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps
itself and falls on the other.” - Macbeth 1.7
“Thou hast it now: king, Cawdor, Glamis, all, as the weird women promised, and I fear thou
played'st most foully for it” - Banquo 3.1
“To be thus is nothing; but to be safely thus” - Macbeth 3.1
“Our fears in Banquo stick deep; and in his royalty of nature reigns that which would be
feared” - Macbeth 3.1
“mine eternal jewel given to the common enemy of man”
“Tis safer to be that which we destroy than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy” - Lady
Macbeth 3.2
“We have scorched the snake, not killed it” - Macbeth 3.2
“I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in to saucy doubts and fears” - Macbeth 3.4

Guilt:
“dudgeon gouts of blood” - Macbeth 2.1
“Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?” - Macbeth 2.2
“A little water clears us of this deed” - Lady Macbeth 2.2
“To know my deed, 'twere best not know myself” - Macbeth 2.2
“He [Duncan] sleeps well”
“full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife” - Macbeth 3.2
“Never shake thy gory locks at me” - Macbeth 3.4
“It will have blood, they say: blood will have blood” - Macbeth 3.4
“I am in blood stepped in so far, that, should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as
go o'er” - Macbeth 3.4
“Out, damned spot” - Lady Macbeth 5.1
“will these hands ne'er be clean” - Lady Macbeth 5.1
“'Here’s the smell of blood still; all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand” -
Lady Macbeth 5.1
“what's done, cannot be undone” - Lady Macbeth 5.1
“I have lived long enough. My way of life is fallen” - Macbeth 5.3
“She should have died hereafter” - Macbeth 5.5
“Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his
hour upon the stage” - Macbeth 5.5
Kingship/Loyalty:
“assisted by that most disloyal traitor” - Ross 1.2
“Why do you dress me in borrowed robes” - Macbeth 1.3
“bloody instructions, which, being taught, return to plague the inventor” - Macbeth 1.7
“his [Duncan] virtues will plead like angels”
“His silver skin laced with his golden blood” - Macbeth 2.3
“his gashed stabs looked like a breach in nature for ruin's wasteful entrance” - Macbeth 2.3
“the most pious Edward … the holy king” - Lord 3.6
“offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb to appease an angry god” - Malcolm 4.3
“Bleed, bleed, poor country; great tyranny” - Macduff 4.3
“it weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash is added to her wounds” - Malcolm 4.3
“Not in the legions of horrid hell can come a devil more damned in evils to top Macbeth.” -
Macduff 4.3
“The king-becoming graces, as justice, verity, temperance”
“Such sanctity hath heaven given his hand, they presently amend” - Doctor 4.3
“he hath a heavenly gift of prophecy” - Malcolm 4.3
“this fiend of scotland” - Macduff 4.3
“Now does he feel his title hang loose about him, like a giant's robe upon a dwarfish thief” -
Angus 5.2
“The devil himself could not pronounce a title more hateful to mine ear” - Young Siward 5.7
“henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland in such an honour named” - Malcolm 5.9

Supernatural/Witches:
“In thunder, lightning, or in rain?” - Witches 1.1
“When the hurly-burly's done; when the battle's lost and won” - Witches 1.1
“Fair is foul, foul is fair” - Witches 1.1
“So foul and fair a day I have not seen” - Macbeth 1.3
“If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not,
speak then to me” - Banquo 1.3
“What, can the devil speak true?” Banquo 1.3
“to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths”
“Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here” - Lady Macbeth 1.5
“fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty” - Lady Macbeth 1.5
“make thick my blood” - Lady Macbeth 1.5
“stop up the access and passage to remorse” - Lady Macbeth 1.5
“Come to my woman's breasts, and take my milk for gall you murdering ministers” - Lady
Macbeth 1.5
“Come, thick night, and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell” - Lady Macbeth 1.5
“Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse the curtained sleep” - Macbeth 2.1
“Listening their fear I could not say ‘Amen’” - Macbeth 2.2
“Macbeth does murder sleep” - Macbeth 2.2
“the earth was feverous, and did shake.” - Lennox 2.3
“Dark night strangles the travelling lamp”
“A falcon tow'ring in her pride of place was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.” - Old
Man 2.4
“Tis said they eat each other” - Old Man 2.4
“Never shake thy gory locks at me” - Macbeth 3.4
“something wicked this way comes” - Witches 4.1
“secret, black, and midnight hags” - Macbeth 4.1
“though you untie the winds and let them fight against the churches”

Masculinity:
“Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here” - Lady Macbeth 1.5
“fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty” - Lady Macbeth 1.5
“stop up the access and passage to remorse” - Lady Macbeth 1.5
“Come to my woman's breasts, and take my milk for gall you murdering ministers” - Lady
Macbeth 1.5
“I dare do all that may become a man” - Macbeth 1.7
“Bring forth men-children only, for thy undaunted mettle should compose nothing but
males” - Macbeth 1.7
“I shall [dispute it like a man] but I must also feel it as a man” - Macduff 4.3
“it hath cowed my better part of man” - Macbeth 5.8

Violence:
“brave Macbeth — well he deserves that name” - Captain 1.2
“Disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel” - Captain 1.2
“smoked with bloody execution” - Captain 1.2
“valour's minion” - Captain 1.2
“unseamed him from the nave to th’ chops … his head fixed upon [the] battlements” -
Captain 1.2
“O valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman!” - Duncan 1.2
“they meant to bathe in reeking wounds
“Bellona's bridegroom” - Ross 1.2
“dashed the brains out” - Lady Macbeth 1.7
“I'll fight till, from my bones, my flesh be hacked. Give me my armour” - Macbeth 5.3
“But swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn” - Macbeth 5.7

Macbeth:
“brave Macbeth — well he deserves that name” - Captain 1.2
“Disdaining fortune, with his brandished steel” - Captain 1.2
“smoked with bloody execution” - Captain 1.2
“valour's minion” - Captain 1.2
“unseamed him from the nave to th’ chops … his head fixed upon [the] battlements” -
Captain 1.2
“O valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman!” - Duncan 1.2
“they meant to bathe in reeking wounds
“Bellona's bridegroom” - Ross 1.2
“What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won” - Duncan 1.2
“So foul and fair a day I have not seen” - Macbeth 1.3
“Why do you dress me in borrowed robes” - Macbeth 1.3
“two truths are told as happy prologues to the swelling act of the imperial theme” -
Macbeth 1.3
“This supernatural soliciting cannot be ill, cannot be good” - Macbeth 1.3
“why do I yield to that suggestion whose horrid image doth unfix my hair” - Macbeth 1.3
“make my seated heart knock at my ribs, against the use of nature” - Macbeth 1.3
“If chance will have me king, chance may crown me” - Macbeth 1.3
“I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps
itself and falls on the other.” - Macbeth 1.7
“I dare do all that may become a man” - Macbeth 1.7
“dudgeon gouts of blood” - Macbeth 2.1
“Listening their fear I could not say ‘Amen’” - Macbeth 2.2
“Macbeth does murder sleep” - Macbeth 2.2
“Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?” - Macbeth 2.2
“To know my deed, 'twere best not know myself” - Macbeth 2.2
“To be thus is nothing; but to be safely thus” - Macbeth 3.1
“Our fears in Banquo stick deep; and in his royalty of nature reigns that which would be
feared” - Macbeth 3.1
“We have scorched the snake, not killed it” - Macbeth 3.2
“full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife” - Macbeth 3.2
“Never shake thy gory locks at me” - Macbeth 3.4
“It will have blood, they say: blood will have blood” - Macbeth 3.4
“I am in blood stepped in so far, that, should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as
go o'er” - Macbeth 3.4
“something wicked this way comes” - Witches 4.1
“I have lived long enough. My way of life is fallen” - Macbeth 5.3
“I'll fight till, from my bones, my flesh be hacked” - Macbeth 5.3
“Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his
hour upon the stage” - Macbeth 5.5
“The devil himself could not pronounce a title more hateful to mine ear” - Young Siward 5.7
“But swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn” - Macbeth 5.7
“it hath cowed my better part of man” - Macbeth 5.8
“this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen” - Malcolm 5.9

Lady Macbeth:
“Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here” - Lady Macbeth 1.5
“fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty” - Lady Macbeth 1.5
“make thick my blood” - Lady Macbeth 1.5
“stop up the access and passage to remorse” - Lady Macbeth 1.5
“Come to my woman's breasts, and take my milk for gall you murdering ministers” - Lady
Macbeth 1.5
“Come, thick night, and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell” - Lady Macbeth 1.5
“look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't” - Lady Macbeth 1.5
“dashed the brains out” - Lady Macbeth 1.7
“Bring forth men-children only, for thy undaunted mettle should compose nothing but
males” - Macbeth 1.7
“A little water clears us of this deed” - Lady Macbeth 2.2
“Tis safer to be that which we destroy than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy” - Lady
Macbeth 3.2
“Out, damned spot” - Lady Macbeth 5.1
“will these hands ne'er be clean” - Lady Macbeth 5.1
“'Here’s the smell of blood still; all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand” -
Lady Macbeth 5.1
“what's done, cannot be undone” - Lady Macbeth 5.1

Malcolm:
“it weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash is added to her wounds” - Malcolm 4.3
“offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb to appease an angry god” - Malcolm 4.3
“henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland in such an honour named” - Malcolm 5.9

Macduff:
“I shall [dispute it like a man] but I must also feel it as a man” - Macduff 4.3
“let grief convert to anger; blunt not the heart, enrage it” - Macduff 4.3

Banquo:
“to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths”
“If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not,
speak then to me” - Banquo 1.3
“What, can the devil speak true?” Banquo 1.3
“Thou hast it now: king, Cawdor, Glamis, all, as the weird women promised, and I fear thou
played'st most foully for it” - Banquo 3.1