| scene 1 | a doctor and gentlewoman talk about lady macbeths bizarre behavior |
| what does the gentlewoman tell the doctor | lady macbeth has been sleepwalking |
| how has lady macbeth been acting weird | 1. rubbing her hands2. writing, sealing, rewriting a letter3. babbling about blood (recreating scene) |
| what is the significance of lady macbeth writing the letter | in ct 1, she wrote the letter to macbeth about killing duncan |
| what does this behavior reveal about lady macbeth | she has a guilty conscience |
| what type of irony is used when the audience knows why lady macbeth is doing these things | dramatic irony |
| what does the doctor tell the getnlewoman | “this disease is beyond my practice” – only god can help her, she can only be helped if she wants it |
| what does the doctors quotes allude to | something bad is going to happen |
| scene 2 | malcolms army, made of english forces, is headed toward scotland (very close to birnam woods) |
| scene 3 | macbeth learns of the soldiers headed to scotland and the doctor tells him about lady macbeths mental state |
| what is macbeths reaction to the 10,000 headed his way | hes cocky, doesnyt believe anything will happen to him, but soldiers go anyway to prepare |
| what does the doctor tell macbeth | his wife has a disease of the mind, theres nothing he can do about it |
| how does macbeth react | he pleads with him (even though macbeth right now is cocky and ruthless), to fix her, cares so much about her becomes devestated (ironic) |
| why is macbeth so remorseful | its his fault lady macbeth is going insane |
| what does macbath say regarding the soldiers | “I will not be afraid of death and bone till birnam forest come to dunsinane” |
| scene 4 | malcolm and army prepare to go to scotland, disguise themselves as trees |
| scene 5 | lady macbeth kills herself |
| “a cry within” ends up being what | lady macbeth hung herself |
| macbeths gives his most famous quote on page 428 “tomorrow…” what does it reveal about his view now | -nihilistic view-he has nothing to live for (dangerous)-life is like a candle-life is short-we are pkayers on a stage |
| at the end of the scen, a messenger tells macbeth what | birnam woods ahve moved |
| scene 6 | malcolm tells his army to go full force |
| scene 7 | macbeth kills young siward |
| whos the first casualty | young siward |
| what is macbeths reaction to young siwards death | “thou must be born of woman” |
| macduff enters and calls macbeth what | a coward |
| who else called amcbeth a coward | lady macbeth, it makes macbeth take action |
| scene 8 | macduff and macbeth confront each other, macbeth finds out macduff was a c-section |
| what is said about macduff | “out of his mothers wob untimely ripped” |
| what is macbeths reaction | hes scared to fight him now, until macduff calls him a coward |
| what happens at the end of scene 8 | macbeth is killed |
| scene 9 | the next king is crowned |
| who is crowned king | malcolm |
Macbeth act 5
September 6, 2019