Macbeth Act IV : scene 1 to scene 2

Macbeth Act IV : scene 1 Macbeth Act IV : scene 1

What happened?  Witches appear over their cauldron.  Hecate appears praising them.  Macbeth enters demanding clarification.  Witches appear over their cauldron.  Hecate appears praising them.  Macbeth enters demanding clarification.

There’s more….  The witches conjure apparitions:  Apparition 1 = an armored head  Apparition 2 = a Bloody Child  Apparition 3 = a Crowned Child holding a tree  Apparition 4 = 8 kings + Banquo  The witches conjure apparitions:  Apparition 1 = an armored head  Apparition 2 = a Bloody Child  Apparition 3 = a Crowned Child holding a tree  Apparition 4 = 8 kings + Banquo

And the beat goes on…  The witches exit.  Lennox enters and tells Macbeth where Macduff is.  Macbeth decides to take Fife. TThe witches exit. LLennox enters and tells Macbeth where Macduff is. MMacbeth decides to take Fife.

What’s important? What’s important?  The Apparitions

Macbeth Act IV : scene 2

What happened?  Lady Macduff demands answers  Lady Macduff explains Macduff’s absence to her son.  Murderers enter and kills Lady Macduff and her son.  Lady Macduff demands answers  Lady Macduff explains Macduff’s absence to her son.  Murderers enter and kills Lady Macduff and her son.

What’s important? What’s important?  The slaughter

Group Activity  How do the witches play their role as the force characters through their “predictions” and their “apparitions?”