Quote: "whose horrid image doth unfix my hair"

Highlight: Macbeth's initial hesitation and horror at his murderous thoughts reveal his moral conscience.

Quote: "This supernatural soliciting cannot be ill, cannot be good"

Vocabulary: "Supernatural soliciting" refers to the witches' prophecies that tempt Macbeth.

Example: His statement about Birnam wood shows his reliance on supernatural predictions for confidence.

Quote: "Fair is foul and foul is fair"

Highlight: The witches' paradoxical language sets the tone for the play's themes of deception and moral ambiguity.

Quote: "All hail Macbeth, thou shall be king hereafter"

Example: The witches' prophecies serve as the catalyst for Macbeth's ambition and subsequent actions.

Definition: The witches represent supernatural forces that manipulate human ambition and fate.

Quote: "my dearest partner of greatness"

Highlight: Their initial relationship shows strong partnership and mutual ambition.

Example: Their relationship deteriorates as guilt and paranoia consume them both.

Quote: "All my pretty ones? all my pretty chickens and their dam at one fell swoop"

Definition: The imagery of family destruction foreshadows the collapse of Macbeth's reign and relationship.

Quote: "unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe-top full of direst cruelty"

Highlight: Lady Macbeth's desire to strip away her feminine qualities demonstrates her association of masculinity with power and cruelty.

Example: Her manipulative nature is evident in how she presents herself as an "innocent flower" while being the "serpent under't."

Quote: "Had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had done't"

Definition: The concept of "unsexing" refers to Lady Macbeth's wish to remove traditionally feminine qualities like compassion and nurturing.