'Thou hast it now, King, Cawdor, Glamis, all As the Weyard Women promised, and I fear Thou play'dst most foully for't'
Banquo- Banquo fears that Macbeth has murdered Duncan.
'Fail not our feast.'
Macbeth- 'Don't miss our feast'
'To be thus is nothing, But to be safely thus. Our fears in Banquo stick deep.'
Macbeth- Macbeth suspects that Banquo knows who did the deed.
'They hailed him father to a line of kings. Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown.'
Macbeth- Macbeth fears that he has no kids so no heir to the throne.
'For Banquo's issue have I filed my mind, For them the gracious Duncan have I muthered.'
Macbeth- Macbeth soliloquises that Banquo and Fleance should be killed.
'Fleance his son, that keeps him company, [...] must embrace the fate Of that dark hour.'
Macbeth- Macbeth decides that Fleance must be killed.
'Banquo, thy soul's flight, If it find Heaven, must find it out tonight.'
Macbeth- 'If Banquo is going to heaven, then it will be tonight'
'Nought's had, all's spent, Where our desire is got without content.'
Lady Macbeth- 'If you have got everything but you are not happy, then it was all pointless'
'Tis safer to be that which we destroy.'
Lady Macbeth- 'It is better to be the person murdered than to be the murderer living in anxiety.
Why do you keep alone, Of sorriest fancies your companions making?'
Lady Macbeth- 'Why do you keep alone with only sad thoughts to keep you company?'
'what's done, is done.'
Lady Macbeth- The murder has happened- it is done.
'We have scorched the snake, not killed it.'
Macbeth- 'We have killed Duncan but we have not finished the job'
'Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep In the affliction of these terrible dreams that shake us nightly.'
Macbeth- 'I'd rather be dead than have this mental torture every day'
'Duncan is in his grave; After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well.'
Macbeth- 'After the unpredictable nature of life, Duncan sleeps happily'
'sleek o'er your rugged looks, Be bright and jovial among your guests tonight.'
Lady Macbeth- 'Look happy during the feast tonight'
''O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!'
Macbeth- Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth that his mind is full of 'scorpions'.
'there shall be done A deed of dreadful note.'
Macbeth- Macbeth talks about the killing of Banquo.
'his throat is cut. [...] With twenty trenched gashes on his head.'
Murderer- Banquo is dead.
'Fleance is scaped.'
Murderer- 'Fleance escaped'
'[to Ghost] 'never shake Thy gory locks at me''
Macbeth- Macbeth tells Banquo's ghost to not shake his head at him.
' If much you note him, You shall offend him and extend his passion. Feed, and regard him not.
[aside to Macbeth] Are you a man?
Lady Macbeth- Lady Macbeth tells the guests to ignore Macbeth's illness. She questions his manhood.
'O proper stuff! This is the very painting of your fear. [..] When all's done, you look but on a stool.'
Lady Macbeth- Lady Macbeth complains that Macbeth is having hallucinations.
'It will have blood, they say: blood will have blood.'
Macbeth- 'The deed will have revenge'
'I am in blood Stepped so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er.'
Macbeth- Macbeth feels as though he has taken his killing to far already. Now that he has started killing, he cannot stop.