MacBeth Act 5 Overview

Question 1

Act 5, Scene 1

Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking

Answer 1

Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking and obsessively washing her hands (re-enacting the murder and trying to wash the blood off her hands).

The doctor comes to visit her but says that she is possessed and he cannot heal her

Question 2

Act 5, Scene 2

Dunsinane (place)

Emotions Macbeth feels

Answer 2

The army is marching towards Dunsinane.

Macbeth is going mad.

Question 3

Act 5, Scene 3

Mac Beth kills …

Answer 3

Macbeth shows hubris and is cruel to Seyton.

The doctor tells him about Lady Macbeth.

Question 4

Act 5, Scene 4

Malcolm tells ..

Answer 4

Malcolm tells the army to carry boughs( large part of the tree) in front of them to disguise their numbers.

Question 5

Act 5, Scene 5

LM dies which causes M

Answer 5

In the middle of battle Macbeth finds out that Lady Macbeth has died.

He no longer feels fear.

He is told that the woods are moving and there is going to be a siege (military opperation where enemy forces surround you)

Question 6

Act 5, Scene 6

The army, including Malcolm, Siward, and Macduff

Answer 6

The army, including Malcolm, Siward, and Macduff, has reached the castle. They reveal themselves from under the branches and blow trumpets

Question 7

Act 5, Scene 7

Mac beth murders someone

Macduff wants to

The castle

Answer 7

Macbeth kills young Siward.

Macduff wants to avenge his family so he looks for Macbeth.

The castle is being defeated, Macbeth’s forces are betraying him.

Question 8

Act 5, Scene 8

Macduff faces Macbeth

Answer 8

Macduff faces Macbeth

but Macbeth thinks he can’t be killed.

Macduff then reveals that he was born by caesarean section rather than a natural birth.

Macbeth dies.

Malcolm is crowned King of Scotland and vows to restore order.