Act 4

Blood and sleep

Second apparition: bloody child

“Be bloody, bold, and resolute!/Laugh to scorn/The pow’r of man, for none of woman born/Shall harm Macbeth”

The apparition of a bloody child may represent a child Macbeth killed or a representation of his brutality. The apparition tells Macbeth that no matter how cruel he is, no one will take him down.

The murder of Macduff’s child:

“He has killed me, mother: / Run away, I pray you! / [Dies]”

“This time goes manly./Come, go we to the King. Our power is ready;/Our lack is nothing but our leave. Macbeth is ripe for shaking, and the pow’rs above”

Malcom tells Macduff that it’s time for them to take matters in there own hands. With the help of the King of England, they will kill Macbeth