Act 4 Flashcards
Summary of Act 4?
The witches show macbeth three apparitions
Macbeth sends an assassin to kill Macduffs family
Macduff meets Malcolm in England, Malcolm tests Macduff to see if he will be a good leader
What is the witches troublesome quote?
“Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bubble”
What does the witch say about their thumb, analyse?
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes”
The witches, the most evil thing, consider macbeth “wicked”
What is an apparition?
A ghostly image
What is the first apparition and what does he say?
A man’s head wearing amour.
He says “Beware Macduff”
What does the second apparition say?
A bloody child. The child foreshadows the caesarean birth
“None of woman born shall harm Macbeth”
What is the third apparition, what does he say?
A child wearing a crown holding a tree
“Macbeth shall never vanquished be until great Burnam wood to high Dunsinane hill shall come against him”
What is the final apparition that the witches show mabceth?
Banquo smiling and pointing to a line of eight kings (banquo’s decendents)
What is the quote that show Macbeth will do whatever that comes to his mind without thinking?
“The very firstlings of my hear shall be the firstlings of my hand”
What does Ross tell Macduff?
“Your wife and babes savagely slaughtered”
