Act 5 Flashcards
What does LM say when she is sleep walking, what scene?
“Out, damned spot! out I say”
A5S1
What does LM say about Duncan’s blood, what scene?
“Who would have thought the old man to have so much blood in him”
A5S1
What does LM say about here hands and the perfumes of Arabia, what scene?
“Here’s the smell of blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.”
A5S1
What is the quote that LM says about doing something, what scene?
“What’s done cannot be undone”
A5S1
Summary of A5S2?
A group of Scottish soldiers are marching towards Macbeth’s castle
A5S2
Who goes from England to help defeat Macbeth?
Malcolm (prince of Cumberland and Duncan's oldest son) Old Siward (Malcolm's uncle) Young Siward (Old Siwards son) Macduff A5S2
Where do the Scottish soldiers meet the English forces?
Birnam wood
A5S2
What is the quote in Act 4 Scene 1 that says that Macbeth cannot be defeated until Birnam wood moves to Dunsinane Castle?
“Macbeth shall never vanquish’d be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him”
What do the Scottish soldiers call Macbeth?
A tyrant
A5S2
What does Macbeth say when he is reflecting the witches prophecies about Birnam wood?
“Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane I cannot taint (be affected) with fear.”
A5S3
What is the quote that shows that Macbeth is willing to fight, what scene?
“I’ll fight till from my bones my flesh be hack’d”
A5S3
Summary of A5S4?
The Scottish soldiers meet with the English forces, Malcolm tells the soldiers to cut down a tree branch from the forest Birnam wood as a disguise.
What is the summary of Act 5 scene 5?
Macbeth is told that LM died, it isn’t told in the play but it is assumed that she jumped to her death.
What is the quote for Macbeth when he says that nothing can scare him?
“I have supp’ed full with horrors; Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts, cannot once start me.”
A5S5
What quote says that Macbeth forgot the taste of fear?
“I have almost forgot the taste of fears”
A5S5
What is the quote that Macbeth says when he told that LM is dead? What are the connotations of this?
“She should have died hereafter”.
- She should have had a longer life
- I am in war so I can’t properly mourn for her
A5S5
What does Macbeth compare life to and what is the quote?
Compares to a candle
“Out, out, brief candle!”
A5S5
What is the quote when Macbeth compares life to shadows?
“Life’s but a walking shadow”
A5S5
What is the quote when Macbeth compares life to an actor?
“a poor player (actor), that struts ad frets his hour upon the stage, and then is hear no more.”
A5S5
What is the quote when Macbeth says life is a tale?
“It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing.”
A5S5
What is the theme of the “tomorrow and tomorrow” speech?
Life is meaningless
Summary of A5S8?
Macduff and Macbeth fight
What does Macduff say when he see’s Macbeth?
“I have no words; My voice is in my sword”
A5S7
What does Macbeth say when he’s about to fight Macduff?
“I bear a charmed life, which must not yield to one of woman born.”
A5S8
What does Macduff say about his birth?
“Macduff was from his mother’s womb, untimely ripp’d”.
A5S8
What does Macduff say to Malcolm when Macbeth is dead?
“Hail, King! for so thou art”
A5S9
