Question

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

He knows that he is a much better swordsman than Malcolm.

He knows that Malcolm would not be able to approach the castle from Birnam Wood.

He is overconfident in his ability to fight against Malcolm and his army.

He believes the witches’ prophecy that no man born of a woman can harm him.

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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.