| Macbeth prepares to offer stiff resistance to the enemy | Hang out our banners on the outward walls; The cry is still “They come”. Our castle’s strength Will laugh a siege to scorn. Here let them lie Till famine and the ague eat them up. |
| Macbeth ponders his reaction to the cry of women | I have almost forgot the taste of fears. The time has been my senses would have cooled To hear a night-shriek, and my fell of hair Would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir As life were in’t. I have supped full with horrors; Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts, Cannot once start me |
| How does Seyton tell Macbeth his wife is dead? | The Queen, my lord, is dead |
| Macbeth’s reaction to his wife’s death | She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word. |
| Macbeth’s tomorrow speech | Tomorrow and tomorrow, and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing |
| Macbeth begins to doubt the equivocation of the fiend | I pull in resolution, and begin To doubt th’ equivocation of the fiend That lies like truth |
| Macbeth is resigned | I ‘gin to be aweary of the sun, And wish th’ estate o’ the world were now undone |
| According to Malcolm what do trumpets signify | It motivates soldiers during battle or to announce a victory |
| Why does Macbeth compare himself to a bear | Bear baiting was a sport so they would like to wear to a steak and then let loose dogs whose job it was to try and kill the bear |
| What is Young siwards fate | Macbeth and him fight and then Macbeth kills him |
| What does Macbeth refuse to do even if he loses | He refuses to die on his own sword (suicide) |
| What does macduff reveal to Macbeth | He reveals that he was ripped from his mother’s womb before birth (C-section) |
| How does Macbeth characterize the witches | He called them juggling fiends meaning they are deceitful devils |
| What would be the best punishment if he were to surrender | He would be beheaded and have his head displayed on a pole |
| ague | disease |
| forc’d | reinforced |
| fell of hair | the hair on my flesh |
| treatise | tale |
| sooth | truthfully |
| estate of things | the physical frame of the universe |
| bruited | announced |
| rendered | surrendered |
| intrenchant | uncuttable |
| the Angel . . . served | i.e. the Devil |
| cow’d | caused me to cower |
| juggling fiends | deceiving devils (or Fates) |
| palter | toy with |
Macbeth Act 5 Scene 5-8
August 8, 2019