Name: __________________________________
Period: __________
Macbeth ~ Act III/IV Study Guide
Important Plot Developments:
Important Characters & Character Development:
Macbeth Act IV (Scene 1)
Directions: Draw a picture and take good notes of each of the
apparitions/visions that the witches show Macbeth.
Apparition #1:
Apparition #2:
Apparition #3:
Final Vision:
Significant Quotes ~ Act III/IV:
State the speaker of each quote on the line provided, as well as the page it is found on. Identify the
literary device used, if applicable, then in the space below each quote explain its meaning and
significance:
“Thou hast it now: king, Cawdor, Glamis, all, as the weird women promised, and I fear thou play’dst
most foully for’t” ~ Speaker: _______________ (p#
)
“Where our desire is got without content: ‘Tis safer to be that which we destroy than by destruction
dwell in doubtful joy.” ~ Speaker: ________________ (p#
) Literary Device(s):
“We have scorched the snake, not killed it.” ~ Speaker: _________________ (p#
Literary Device(s):
)
“Come, sealing night, scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day, and with thy bloody and invisible hand
cancel and tear to pieces that great bond with keeps me pale!...Thou marvel’st at my words: but hold
thee still; Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.” ~ Speaker: ______________ (p#
)
Literary Device(s):
“Do not muse at me, my most worthy friends.” ~ Speaker: ______________ (p#
Literary Device(s):
)
“I am in blood stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o’er”
~ Speaker: ___________________ (p#
)
“Infected by the air whereon they ride, and damned all those that trust them! I did hear...”
~ Speaker: _____________________ (p#
) Literary Device(s):
“Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell”
~ Speaker: _____________________ (p#
) Literary Device(s):
“Did you say all? O hell-kite! All? What, all my pretty chickens and their dam at one fell swoop?”
~ Speaker: _____________________ (p#
) Literary Device(s):
“But, gentle heavens, cut short all intermission; front to front bring thou this fiend of Scotland and
myself; within my sword’s length set him. If he ‘scape, Heaven forgive him too!”
~ Speaker: _____________________ (p#
) Literary Device(s):