| By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes. | Witch |
| Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff. Beware the thane of Fife. Dismiss me. Enough. | Apparition 1 (Armed Head) |
| Be bloody, bold, and resolute. Laugh to scorn The power of man, for none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth. | Apparition 2 (Bloody Child) |
| Be lion-mettled, proud, and take no care Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are. Macbeth shall never vanquished be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill Shall come against him. | Apparition 3 (A Crowned Child Holding a Tree) |
| The castle of Macduff I will surprise, Seize upon Fife, give to th’ edge o’ th’ sword His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls That trace him in his line. No boasting like a fool. This deed I’ll do before this purpose cool. But no more sights!—Where are these gentlemen? Come, bring me where they are. | Macbeth to himself |
| I grant him bloody,Luxurious, avaricious, false, deceitful,Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sinThat has a name. But there’s no bottom, none,In my voluptuousness. Your wives, your daughters,Your matrons, and your maids could not fill upThe cistern of my lust, and my desireAll continent impediments would o’erbearThat did oppose my will. Better MacbethThan such an one to reign. | Malcolm to Macduff |
| Your castle is surprised, your wife and babesSavagely slaughtered. To relate the manner,Were, on the quarry of these murdered deerTo add the death of you. | Ross to Macduff |
| Nay, had I power, I shouldPour the sweet milk of concord into hell,Uproar the universal peace, confoundAll unity on earth. | Malcolm to Macduff |
| Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speakWhispers the o’er-fraught heart, and bids it break. | Malcolm to Macduff |
| “Wisdom? To leave his wifes, to leave his babes, his mansion and his titles in a place from whence himself does fly?” | Lady Macduff to Ross |
| True or False: The last Apparition shows Macbeth that a line of only five kings will be descended from Banquo. | False (8 Kings) |
| True or False: Macbeth tells Macduff to flee to England. | False |
| True or False: Lady Macduff decided to stay in Scotland rather than travel with her husband to England. | False (He didn’t give her a chance to decide.) |
| True or False: Lady Macduff received a warning that her life was in danger, but decided to stay. | True |
| True or False: Malcolm claims to possess the vices of lust and greed. | True |
| True or False: Ross arrives to tell Malcolm and Macduff the recent news from Scotland. | True |
| True or False: Malcolm tells Macduff that the king of England has the power to heal. | … |
| What does Lady Macduff discuss with her son? | … |
Macbeth Act 4 Quotes
September 3, 2019