Macbeth Act 5: Notes and the Message of the Play
1.) Notes on Act 5
Scene One
The scene starts with one of Lady Macbeth’s women up in the middle of the night talking to a doctor about her Lady’s sleepwalking.
The doctor and gentlewoman hide and watch as Lady Macbeth comes out, sleepwalking, washing her hands and talking of the evils she and macbeth committed.
The doctor tells the gentlewoman that she should contact a priest to deal with this issue. And that they have heard things not meant to be heard.
Scene Two
Malcolm’s men talk on their march to war against Macbeth. They are going to meet near Birnam Wood, the same woods from the witches’ prophecy.
Scene Three
Macbeth is preparing for war but is not fearful as until the woods move upon Dunsinane Hill, he is safe.
Macbeth also realizes that his men do not love him, and only give him false praises.
Scene Four
Malcolm tells his men to each grab a bough from the surrounding trees to hide their numbers and make discovery of themselves harder, while they approach Dunsinane Hill.
Scene Five
Many of Macbeth’s men are fleeing and switching sides.
Macbeth states that he no longer feels fear anymore, as he has seen real horrors.
Lady Macbeth dies and when Macbeth hears of it he seems not to care …show more content…
We see at the start that he is ambitious, but also has a large conscience; he is honorbound and he truly feels guilty for his actions. Towards the end of the play we see Macbeth as a hollowed out man, all his actions have led him to be a paranoid and cruel tyrant who no longer cares for his life or others. On the other side we have Lady Macbeth, almost an opposite. From the start he is determined and power-hungry, with seemingly no care for her actions. Lady Macbeth would use insults and personal attacks to get her way, she corrupted the once noble Macbeth. Towards the end however, all her deeds catch up to her once-thought nonexistent moral compass and she takes her own
1.) Notes on Act 5
Scene One
The scene starts with one of Lady Macbeth’s women up in the middle of the night talking to a doctor about her Lady’s sleepwalking.
The doctor and gentlewoman hide and watch as Lady Macbeth comes out, sleepwalking, washing her hands and talking of the evils she and macbeth committed.
The doctor tells the gentlewoman that she should contact a priest to deal with this issue. And that they have heard things not meant to be heard.
Scene Two
Malcolm’s men talk on their march to war against Macbeth. They are going to meet near Birnam Wood, the same woods from the witches’ prophecy.
Scene Three
Macbeth is preparing for war but is not fearful as until the woods move upon Dunsinane Hill, he is safe.
Macbeth also realizes that his men do not love him, and only give him false praises.
Scene Four
Malcolm tells his men to each grab a bough from the surrounding trees to hide their numbers and make discovery of themselves harder, while they approach Dunsinane Hill.
Scene Five
Many of Macbeth’s men are fleeing and switching sides.
Macbeth states that he no longer feels fear anymore, as he has seen real horrors.
Lady Macbeth dies and when Macbeth hears of it he seems not to care …show more content…
We see at the start that he is ambitious, but also has a large conscience; he is honorbound and he truly feels guilty for his actions. Towards the end of the play we see Macbeth as a hollowed out man, all his actions have led him to be a paranoid and cruel tyrant who no longer cares for his life or others. On the other side we have Lady Macbeth, almost an opposite. From the start he is determined and power-hungry, with seemingly no care for her actions. Lady Macbeth would use insults and personal attacks to get her way, she corrupted the once noble Macbeth. Towards the end however, all her deeds catch up to her once-thought nonexistent moral compass and she takes her own