Read the excerpt in which Macbeth responds to the apparition’s prophecies in act 4, scene 1 of The Tragedy of Macbeth . Then live, Macduff: what need I fear of thee? But yet I’ll make assurance double sure, And take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live; That I may tell pale-hearted fear it lies, And sleep in spite of thunder. Enter your answer in the box. Macbeth’s personification of [Blank 1] shows how much control it has over him.