Apparations
How does the first apparition come true in scene 8?
The first apparition is an armed head warning Macbeth of Macduff. Macduff gets his head chopped off by macduff in Scene 8.
What role does Macduff play in Scene 8?
Macduff is the killer of Macbeth and ends his tryanny.
What is the correct order of these events from oldest to newest: (1)Macbeth's head is shown to the group, (2)Macduff and Macbeth fight, (3)Macduff kills Macbeth.
2,3,1
What piece of Act 4 reappears in Act 5, Scene 8?
The apparitions.
"Through Birnam Wood be come to Dunsinane/ And thou opposed, being of no woman born..." (Shakespeare 5.8.35-38).
Macbeth
What is the irony of the third apparition?
The apparition states that Macbeth shall never be vanquished until the wood on Dunsinane Hill goes against him. And the English army used wood to disguise themselves.
What role does Siward play in scene 8?
Macbeth kills his son in the previous scenes, and when he receives the news in scene 8, he highlights how he is proud of his son dying with honor—contrasting with Macbeth.
Who is crowned king after Macbeth dies?
Malcom.
What piece of Act 5 scene 7 appeares in act 5 scene 8?
The death of young Siward.
"Why then, God's soldier be he!/Had I as many sons as I have hairs,/I would not wish them to a fairer death;?And so his knell is knolled" (Shakespeare 5.8.55-59).
Siward
How come Macduff was able to kill Macbeth if it was prophesied that "no man born of woman" would be able to kill him?
Macduff was born via C-section.
What role does Malcolm play in the relations of England and Scotland in scene 8?
Malcom helps mend the previously bad relations of the English and Scots in scene 8, particularly by accepting some of their customs and rewarding the English for their aid.
What happens immediately after Macbeth realizes that Macduff was not “of woman born,” and how does this realization affect the outcome of their confrontation?
Macbeth realizes that the witches’ prophecy was deliberately misleading because Macduff was delivered by Caesarean section.
How does Macbeth killing Macduffs family in act 4 come back in act 5 scene 8?
Maduff gets revenge by killing Macbeth.
"Of this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen" (Shakespeare 5.8.82).
Malcom