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THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH: ACT 4
Literary Analysis
SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY: FORESHADOWING
Shakespeare uses foreshadowing to keep the reader’s or audience’s interest. By inserting
clues about what might happen later on, he heightens suspense, creates a mood, and keeps
the audience engaged.
Directions: The apparitions that appear to Macbeth in Scene I of Act Four are listed in the
first column of the chart. Tell what is foreshadowed by each one. Then answer the
question that follows.
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Armed Head
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Bloody Child
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Child Crowned
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Eight Kings
Event Foreshadowed
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH: ACT 4
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Apparition
5. What mood does this foreshadowing create?
Unit 2
British Literature
Answer Key
The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act IV
Literary Analysis
Responses will vary. Possible answers are given.
Macduff will kill Macbeth.
Someone of unusual birth will kill Macbeth.
Someone other than Macbeth will wear the crown.
Banquo’s family will rule in place of Macbeth.
The foreshadowing builds a mood of doom and desperation.
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