Thursday, February 11, 2016

How are the prophecies proclaimed by the three apparitions in Act IV, scene 1, fulfilled in Act V of Macbeth.

The first prophesy is that Macbeth is to "Beware
Macduff."  He should beware because Macduff will be the one to kill
him.


The second is that "None Born of Woman" can destroy
Macbeth.  Macbeth now thinks he is invincible.  However, Macbeth finds out in Act V that
Macduff was "untimely ripped" from his mother's womb.  So he wasn't officially "born of
woman."


The last prophesy is about the woods making their
way up the hill to his castle.  He doesn't believe this could happen either.  However,
the men decide to cut down branches with leaves to camouflage their numbers as they make
their way to his castle. 

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