What is the main message of The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act V, Scene i, which includes Lady Macbeth’s sleepwalking scene | A guilty conscience is not easily mended |
In Scene iii, what does Macbeth’s behavior toward the servant who comes to deliver a message ultimately show about Macbeth’s character? | He has grown brutal |
When Macbeth reveals in Scene v that he has grown impervious to fear and horror, he is underscoring the play’s theme of the | destructiveness of blind ambition |
At what point does Macbeth first begin to realize that he has been tricked by the prophecies | when he learns that Birnam Wood is moving toward the castle |
In Act V, in what way does Macbeth revert to his former self? | He fights with courage and skill. |
Why does Shakespeare have Macbeth display certain admirable traits at the end of the play | to reinforce the idea that Macbeth is a victim of his tragic flaw |
In Act V, which of the following represents the resolution of the plot? | Macduff kills Macbeth |
When the doctor watches Lady Macbeth sleepwalking, he | is completely baffled |
You can infer that the doctors in Shakespeare’s time knew very little about: I. psychology. II. emotional distress. III. the mind-body connection. | I, II, and III |
When the doctor tells the waiting-gentlewoman to take from Lady Macbeth “the means of all annoyance,” it is because he fears that Lady Macbeth might | try to kill herself |
When Macbeth says “Out, out, brief candle!” the word candle refers to | Life |
In Act V, Scene i, you can tell that the waiting-gentlewoman is | loyal to Lady Macbeth |
Lady Macbeth kills herself because | she cannot bear her guilt. |
At the end of the play, how does Macbeth’s courage in battle affect the reader? | It brings the reader full circle by once again pointing up an aspect of his noble nature |
Macbeth act 5
August 30, 2019