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Macbeth Act IV : scene 1 to scene 2. Macbeth Act IV : scene 1. What happened?. 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
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What happened? • 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
And the beat goes on… • The witches exit. • Lennox enters and tells Macbeth where Macduff is. • Macbeth decides to take Fife.
What’s important? • The Apparitions
What happened? • 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? • The slaughter
Group Activity • How do the witches play their role as the force characters through their “predictions” and their “apparitions?”