Macbeth, Act IV

First Apparition(ghostlike appearance)/Prediction

• Armed head/Beware Macduff.

• Bloody baby/

  No man born of woman can harm

• Crowned child with a tree/

  No one can harm Macbeth until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane.

• Line of 8 kings/

  Banquo’s descendants will rule for

  generations

Second Apparition/Prediction

• Armed head/Beware Macduff.

• Bloody baby/

  No man born of woman can harm

• No one can harm Macbeth until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane.

• Line of 8 kings/

  Banquo’s descendants will rule for

  generations

Third Apparition/Prediction

• Armed head/Beware Macduff.

• Bloody baby/

  No man born of woman can harm

• Crowned child with a tree/

  No one can harm Macbeth until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane.

• Line of 8 kings/

  Banquo’s descendants will rule for

  generations

Fourth Apparition/Prediction

• Armed head/

  Beware Macduff.

• Bloody baby/

  No man born of woman can harm

• Crowned child with a tree/

  No one can harm Macbeth until Birnam

  Wood comes to Dunsinane.

• Line of 8 kings/

  Banquo’s descendants will rule for

  generations

What happens after the witches say, “By the pricking of my thumbs,/Something wicked

this way comes…”?

• An earthquake occurs

• Macbeth enters the cavern

• Lennox walks by

• The cauldron explodes

Macbeth’s comment about the witches, “Infected be the air whereon they ride,/And

damned all those that trust them!” best connects with what literary device?

• Paradox

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Soliloquy

How does Lady Macduff feel about her husband?

• She is proud that he is the one taking a stand against Macbeth.

• She is happy that he is away from Fife.

• She believes that he shamefully left Scotland out of fear.

• She thinks that he is foolish for trying to fight Macbeth.

How does Malcolm portray himself to Macduff at the beginning of their

conversation?

• He says that he’s unworthy to lead Scotland.

• He says that he supports Macbeth.

• He says that he would be able to lead Scotland without any support.

• He says that he is too distraught about Duncan’s death to engage in any battle.

What feelings about Scotland does Macduff demonstrate?

• . He is indifferent to the overall state of Scotland, but has a personal need to overthrow

  Macbeth.

• He thinks Scotland should become part of England.

• He is a patriotic supporter of restoring Scotland and has a personal need to overthrow

  Macbeth.

• He used to love Scotland, but he wants to permanently leave it.

Who informs Macduff of the deaths in his family?

• Malcolm

• Donalbain

• Lennox

• Ross