Act 5 Scene 3 MACBETH Flashcards
Summary (1)
-Macbeth enters witht he doctor and attendnts .
-He is in a earless mood ; the propheicies give hi complete confidence that he is untouchable .
-A servant is jeered s he reports that the English troops re arrriving .
Summary (2)
-Macbeh orders his armoudn and asks the doctor to cure hsi wife .
-He dismisses the doctors’s medical adive and asks him instead what woud cure his country .
-HE screcly listens to the doctors reply he IS obssessed with the prophecies , whic he thinks are the only thigns that will guarntee hsi scurt .
Why is this scene improtant ?
-Shakespeare hsows Macbeth as ferless , but also despearte - hea h come to toatally dpend on the prophecies as his sole source of informatoin adn suport
-We se how Macbeht’s ein of terro extends to all those around him . he is contempt for his servant and the doctor explain how his brutality has lead o a lack of support .
-Shakespare ses a doctor to suggest Scotlsn itslf needs hellp .
-Shakespeare uses th e
EXAM FOCUS HEALTH
-We learn in this scne how doctor cannot heal lady macbeth , he says hse is ‘troubled ith thick-comign fncies; this applies equallyt o macbeh whos starst and end the scne tlaking aout the propheies wihch in themseves are ‘fancies .
-He has chosien to believe htem and liveh is lif accordnngly to it , LIek his wif eh e is bsesse d,r ejecting the doctod aive bout helahting with ‘ill none of it ‘.
-Insead his restles energy seeks violent outlets - the causal way heordeign he hangin of anyinr talking of fear SHOWS HOW CALLOUS AND DEPRVE HE HAS COME ..
-MB used imperatives to order veyoen around .
EXAM FOCUS HEALTH
-We learn in this scne how doctor cannot heal lady macbeth , he says hse is ‘troubled ith thick-comign fncies; this applies equallyt o macbeh whos starst and end the scne tlaking aout the propheies wihch in themseves are ‘fancies .
-He has chosien to believe htem and liveh is lif accordnngly to it , LIek his wif eh e is bsesse d,r ejecting the doctod aive bout helahting with ‘ill none of it ‘.
-Insead his restles energy seeks violent outlets - the causal way heordeign he hangin of anyinr talking of fear SHOWS HOW CALLOUS AND DEPRVE HE HAS COME ..
-MB used imperatives to order veyoen around .
MB BOOK
-Arrogance hubristic ‘rbign me the o more reports’
I canot taint with fear
wherst thou goso elock MOCKING HIS SERVNTS BELITTLING CONTRAST TO MALCOM .
panicking ,prohecies causing himt o exhibit fear USNETTLE D.
MB BOO 2.0 BOI OBI Hah
’ i HAVE LIVED LONG ENOUgh – foreshadowin his end , smll isnight to hwo he feel , yellow leaf , like he is DYING OUT .
BTU THEN HE JUMPS ABCK INTO MURDEROUS MINDSWET
‘your ptient’ he adresses his own wife as soemoen not related ot hiM SELFISH . ‘CURE HER OF THAT’ commanding her of that . HE IS TEELIGN DOCTOR ERASE LM THOGUHTS .
RO CONLDUE
Mb is tyrign to stay trong , acting on imperaitve lahtugh he is fearful , tryign to stay in conrtol ,
‘FIND HER DISESE ‘ - hewants her ot getbbette rbut still he ha no time to worry abt her to much on his mind. CLINGING ONTO PROPEHCIES ONLY HOEP ;TILL BIRNAM WOOD CUZM GTO DUNSINANE .’
