Fate vs Freewill/Lady Macbeth Flashcards
1
Q
“you lack the season of all natures, sleep”
A
We next see Lady Macbeth on stage in Act 5 Scene 1. This is also the last time she ever appears before her death. The person we see is even further away from the person who plotted the death of a king in Act 1: she is entirely absorbed in her fear, talking to herself while oblivious to her surroundings. Her last line in
the banquet scene was “you lack the
season of all natures, sleep”, so it’s fitting
that now she paces at night, sleepwalking
but unable to rest. Finally, her sins have
caught up to her.