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   There are no predictions made by the witches in Act 3.  The witches appear in the Act 1 and in Act 4.  Banquo is killed in scene 3 of Act 3 and at the end of the act, Macbeth says he is going to see the witches again because after seeing Banquo's ghost and noting that Macduff didn't come to his banquet, he is paranoid.  In Act 4, when Macbeth sees the witches again, they show him apparitions that tell him to beware of Macduff, that no man born of woman can harm him, and that he will not be defeated until Birnam Woods advances to Dunsinane.  The final vision shown to Macbeth is a series of kings, each resembling Banquo, showing that Banquo will be the father to a line of kings.  The last vision is a reaffirmation of what the witches predicted in Act 1, sc. 3 when they told Banquo he would not be a king but he would be the father to kings.

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   Posted by luannw on Friday April 3, 2009 at 4:47 AM