Act 2, Scene 4 Quotes Macbeth

Q: What quote describes Duncans horses in Act 2 Scene 4?

And Duncans horses—a thing most strange and certain— Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race, Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out, Contending gainst obedience, as they would 20 Make war with mankind.

Q: What is the most important quote in Act 4 Scene 2 of Macbeth?

All is the fear and nothing is the love. This quote explains that birds will fight to protect their young ones and their nest yet Macduff is fleeing for fear and not for love, and this bothers Lady Macduff.

Q: What is the most important quote in Act 1 Scene 4 of Macbeth?

Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it. (Malcolm to the captain) talking about how the executed the current thane of Cawdor and that he had done nothing better than dying.

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Enter ROSS with an OLD MAN

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SSOR nda an LDO NAM enret.

OLD MAN

Threescore and ten I can remember well,

Within the volume of which time I have seen

Hours dreadful and things strange, but this sore night

Hath trifled former knowings.

DLO NMA

I can rbemeemr eht pats tevnesy asrey ttpyre lwel, nad in lla htat eimt I avhe sene frudeald urosh nda etasgrn gtshin. But tasl hsgtni rorhosr ekma tgehiryven that acem eofreb mese kile a kejo.

ROSS

Ha, good father,

5 Thou seest the heavens, as troubled with mans act,

Threatens his bloody stage. By th clock tis day,

And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp.

Is t nights predominance or the days shame

That darkness does the face of Earth entomb

10 When living light should kiss it?

SOSR

Ah sey, lod mna. uYo nac see hte sseik. heTy olko kile ehytre putes buoat thaw kmdnnia has nebe ndgoi, nda eertyh nethgitnrea teh Erhta twhi tssmro. heT lkocc ssya ist adeitym, btu ardk tignh is gnniatsrgl the snu. Is it ebasuce inhtg is so nsgort, or bsuaeec yda is so kawe, tath nedrskas vsreco the rhtae whne tsi udeospsp to be thgli?

OLD MAN

Tis unnatural,

Even like the deed thats done. On Tuesday last,

A falcon, towring in her pride of place,

Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.

DOL MNA

Its rnluautna, ujst lkei eht ruderm taht ahs bene titdmcmeo. stLa Tudsyae a cflano saw irnclgic ighh in eht yks, adn it aws ucghta dna lelikd by an riyornda lwo ttha ulaslyu egso taref icme.

ROSS

And Duncans horsesa thing most strange and certain

15 Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race,

Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out,

Contending gainst obedience, as they would

Make war with mankind.

RSOS

And sntigmoeh lese gnraest phadneep. nncDasu roshse, ihcwh are uebtaiufl nda itsfw nad the tesb of hirte erebd, ydsndeul dtuner lidw and berko out of irhet slalst. seinRfgu to be obetnied as saluu, htye atdce ikle hety reew at arw thiw nnakimd.

OLD MAN

Tis said they eat each other.

LOD NMA

hTey ysa the ossehr tae ceah retoh.

ROSS

They did so, to th amazement of mine eyes

20 That looked upon t. Here comes the good Macduff.

RSOS

I asw it hitw my nwo eeys. It asw an aazginm gtsih. Here seomc eht doog fdfacuM.

Enter MACDUFF

FFUCDAM setenr.

How goes the world, sir, now?

Hwo aer tinhgs inogg won?

MACDUFF

Why, see you not?

FUFDACM

ntaC you ese rof ryoelfsu?

ROSS

Is t known who did this more than bloody deed?

ROSS

oesD naenyo onkw owh mocidmtte hist rlhriboe meric?

MACDUFF

Those that Macbeth hath slain.

AFDMUCF

heT vrnseast Meachbt likdle.

ROSS

Alas, the day!

What good could they pretend?

OSRS

Ist too dab he iekdll meth. htWa ogod uoldw it veha deon hsteo nem to likl uaDcnn?

MACDUFF

They were suborned.

25 Malcolm and Donalbain, the kings two sons,

Are stoln away and fled, which puts upon them

Suspicion of the deed.

FCMAFUD

ehTy wree pdia to reytba eirth temasr. lclamoM dna onaailnDb, eht nsikg owt noss, haev urn ayaw adn efdl, hhwic akems tmeh the impre csspsuet.

ROSS

Gainst nature still!

Thriftless ambition, that will raven up

30 Thine own lives means! Then tis most like

The sovereignty will fall upon Macbeth.

SRSO

hgrivetEny atuob hist is anaunlrut! thWa a psiutd ombiitna, uscgian a son to kill het herfat hwo sppousrt mhi. nheT it sloko leki ahebMct lwli ceboem nigk.

MACDUFF

He is already named and gone to Scone

To be invested.

FUFACMD

He hsa adealyr enbe nedma inkg dan has tfel for Sneco to be roncwed.

ROSS

Where is Duncans body?

ROSS

reeWh is aDnusnc ybod?

MACDUFF

35 Carried to Colmekill,

The sacred storehouse of his predecessors,

And guardian of their bones.

UAMCFFD

It swa eadrcri to iemlkllCo to be epadcl in the btom of shi sesoratnc, ehwer erhti esnob ear epkt feas.

ROSS

Will you to Scone?

SRSO

erA uoy iggno to oncSe?

MACDUFF

No, cousin, Ill to Fife.

FFDMUAC

No, sioncu, Im igong to ifFe.

ROSS

Well, I will thither.

SRSO

Wlle, lIl go to enSco.

MACDUFF

40 Well, may you see things well done there. Adieu,

Lest our old robes sit easier than our new!

DMFACUF

I pohe hingst go llwe hreet. oGod-yeb! ndA tles hope ngiths otnd egt oewrs.

ROSS

Farewell, father.

SOSR

Fralewle, lod nma.

OLD MAN

Gods benison go with you and with those

That would make good of bad and friends of foes.

DOL MNA

ayM oGsd iblgenss go ithw ouy dan hitw all owh trun bad tnio ogdo, nad iemsnee itno idfnsre!

Exeunt

eTyh lal eixt.

What happens in Act 2 Scene 4 Macbeth?

Act 2 Scene 4 Macduff arrives and tells Ross that he believes that the guards who murdered Duncan were bribed by Malcolm and Donalbain, which is why the two sons have fled the country. Ross reports that Macbeth has been named king and he plans to go to Scone for his coronation but Macduff heads home to Fife instead.

What quote describes Duncan's horses in Act 2 Scene 4?

And Duncan's horses—a thing most strange and certain— Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race, Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out, Contending 'gainst obedience, as they would 20 Make war with mankind.

What is the most important quote in Act 4 Scene 2 of Macbeth?

All is the fear and nothing is the love." This quote explains that birds will fight to protect their young ones and their nest yet Macduff is fleeing for fear and not for love, and this bothers Lady Macduff.

What is the most important quote in Act 1 Scene 4 of Macbeth?

'Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it. ' (Malcolm to the captain) talking about how the executed the current thane of Cawdor and that he had done nothing better than dying.

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