Macbeth English Test

What are the three apparitions that Macbeth sees?

An armed head, bloody child and a crowned child holding a branch

What does the armed head represent?

Hints at the fact that Macbeth will get decapitated

What does the bloody child represent?

Macduff was born via C-section

What does the crowned child holding the branch represent?

forshadows how the forest will reach the castle

What does the candle represent?

Human life and existence

• Macbeth refers to it as life

What does blood represent?

Murder, guilt

What does darkness represent

evil