In Act IV, Scene 1, Macbeth meets with the witches again. This time they have their "masters" give him some new prophecies. The first master appears as an apparition (an armed head) and Macbeth tries to command the apparition to speak. The first witch says the ghost knows what Macbeth is thinking and will respond without being prompted. This first apparition tells Macbeth to beware Macduff. Macbeth tries to get more out of the apparition...
In Act IV, Scene 1, Macbeth meets with the witches again. This time they have their "masters" give him some new prophecies. The first master appears as an apparition (an armed head) and Macbeth tries to command the apparition to speak. The first witch says the ghost knows what Macbeth is thinking and will respond without being prompted. This first apparition tells Macbeth to beware Macduff. Macbeth tries to get more out of the apparition but that is all he will get.
The second apparition appears and says that "no one of woman born" can harm Macbeth. At first, Macbeth thinks this means he can let Macduff live. But then he says he will kill Macduff just to be sure. (Still, Macbeth does and will not foresee that Macduff's Cesarean birth eliminates him from the category "of woman born."
The third apparition tells Macbeth that he will never be defeated unless Great Birnam Wood (the forest) would come to Dunsinane Castle against Macbeth.
Lastly, a parade of ghosts appear as kings with Banquo at the end. This suggests that Banquo's descendants will be kings.
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