This is the slideshow I made for my students at PVS Arts & Science College, Pantheerankavu, Calicut, especially for those who are pursuing their UG course in English- BA English Language and Literature. This deals with the Act IV of Shakespeare's Macbeth. In the beginning of this Slideshow a brief description about Act III of The Tragedy of Macbeth is included. If this is found useful to my students and students and teachers of the world my effort is fulfilled. Please read these slides on Shakespeare's Macbeth and send me your opinion. The Tragedy of Macbeth deals with the disaster that undue political ambition can bring in to any life.

1. MACBETH 2.3 Act IV
William Shakespeare
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2. Act III ended in this event:
Just as the party resumes and Macbeth is offering a
toast to Banquo, the ghost reappears. As Macbeth
once again bursts out in a speech directed at the
ghost, Lady Macbeth tries to smooth things over with
the guests. In response to Macbeth’s exclamation that
he sees sights that make his cheeks “blanched with
fear,” Ross asks what sights Macbeth means (114).
Lady Macbeth asks the guests to leave, since
Macbeth's "illness" seems to be deteriorating. Alone
with Lady Macbeth, Macbeth expresses his deep
anxieties and vows to return to the Weird Sisters
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3. Act IV
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4. Macbeth, disturbed, visits the three
witches once more and asks
them to reveal the truth of
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5. To answer his questions, they
summon horrible apparitions, each
of which offers predictions and
further prophecies to put
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6. First, they conjure an armoured
head, which tells him to
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7. Second, a bloody child tells him that
no one born of a woman shall be
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8. Thirdly, a crowned child holding a
tree states that Macbeth will be
safe until Great Birnam Wood
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9. Macbeth is relieved and feels
secure because he knows that all
men are born of women and forests
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10. Macbeth also asks whether
Banquo's sons will ever reign in
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11. The witches conjure a procession of
eight crowned kings, all similar in
appearance to Banquo, and the last
carrying a mirror that reflects even
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12. Macbeth realises that these are all
Banquo's descendants having
acquired kingship in numerous
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13. After the witches perform a mad
dance and leave, Lennox enters and
tells Macbeth that Macduff has fled
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14. Macbeth orders Macduff's castle be
seized, and, most cruelly, sends
murderers to slaughter Macduff, as
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16. Although Macduff is no longer
in the castle, everyone in
Macduff's castle is put to death,
including Lady Macduff and
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17. T H A N K Y O U
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