Macbeth 4th part

Macbeth 4th part

1. Macbeth returns to the Weird Sisters and boldly demands to be shown a series of apparitions that tell his future.

   • The first apparition is the disembodied head of a warrior who seems to warn Macbeth of a bloody revenge at the hands of Macduff.
   • The second is a blood-covered child who comforts Macbeth with the news that he cannot be killed by any man "of woman born."
   • The third is a child wearing a crown, who promises that Macbeth cannot lose in battle until Birnam wood physically moves toward his stronghold at Dunsinane.

2. Macbeth seems immediately to forget the final prophecy, as he returns to the practicalities of what is increasingly a battle for his own political survival