Question

In Act V of The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, why does Macbeth believe that Malcolm cannot harm him?

Answer 1

The correct answer is D.

After his encounter with Banquo's ghost, Macbeth visits the witches, who tell him that he could not be harm my any man born of a woman.

However, in the end of the play, as he fights with Macduff, Macbeth is told that his enemy was not born of woman by "untimely ripped” from his mother’s womb.

Answer 2

The fourth answer is correct; one of the apparitions claim that no man born of woman can harm him.