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Lady Macbeth advises Macbeth to deceive others, highlighting the theme of duplicity and ambition.

'Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't'

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Lady Macbeth advises Macbeth to deceive others, highlighting the theme of duplicity and ambition.

'Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't'

Macbeth's soliloquy reflects his inner turmoil and descent into madness as he contemplates murder.

"Is this a dagger which I see before me?'

Macbeth's reflection on the brevity of life after Lady Macbeth's death, symbolising despair and futility.

'Out, out, brief candle!'

Spoken by the witches, this paradox introduces the theme of appearance versus reality and sets the tone for the play.

'Fair is foul, and foul is fair'

Lady Macbeth's guilt over Duncan's murder, symbolised by the imagined blood on her hands.

'All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand'

Lady Macbeth's hallucination of blood on her hands, symbolising her overwhelming guilt and mental deterioration.

'Out, damned spot!'

Macbeth's nihilistic view of life, expressing the futility and emptiness of existence.

'Life's but a walking shadow'

Lady Macbeth's plea to rid herself of feminine qualities, showing her desire for power and rejection of traditional gender roles.

'Unsex me here'

The witches' opening lines, establishing their supernatural and ominous presence.

'When shall we three meet again, in thunder, lightning, or in rain?'

The witches' prophecy, which gives Macbeth false confidence and foreshadows his downfall.

'Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him'

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