Macbeth Study Guide – Act IV
1. What effect is Shakespeare creating by altering the speech patterns in the
first scene?
2. Describe the three apparitions and the significance of each?
3. Upon hearing the new predictions, what does Macbeth resolve?
4. Pleased with the information, what one further thing does Macbeth desire to
know and what is the answer he gets?
5. What news does Lennox give to Macbeth and what is Macbeth’s response?
6. What does Shakespeare achieve with the conversation between Ross and
Lady Macduff?
7. What additional evidence is there in scene iii that Macbeth is a tyrant?
8. What suspicion of Macduff does Malcolm voice? What makes him
suspicious?
9. How does Malcolm test Macduff’s honesty? How does Macduff nearly fail this
test?
10. What finally convinces Malcolm of Macduff’s true character and loyalty?