Macbeth: The 12 Essential Quotations Every Student Must Know

In this episode, we walk through the twelve most important quotations from Macbeth that every student should know before their mock exam. Each quotation is explored in play order, with clear context, precise word-level analysis, and ambitious thematic links across the play.

This episode will help you strengthen your understanding of Macbeth’s tragic journey—from heroic warrior to “dead butcher”—and give you the language and ideas needed to write confident, well-structured exam responses.

Perfect for last-minute revision ahead of Wednesday's mock exam!

Featured quotations:

1. “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.”
2. “Stars, hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires.”
3. “Unsex me here.”
4. “Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t.”
5. “Vaulting ambition.”
6. “Is this a dagger which I see before me…?”
7. “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?”
8. “A little water clears us of this deed.”
9. “Macbeth does murder sleep.”
10. “Out, damned spot!”
11. “Signifying nothing.”
12. “This dead butcher and his fiend-like queen.”