Macbeth Act 5 Analysis
Macbeth: Summary Act V
Act V in Shakespeare's Macbeth is about Lady Macbeth's mental state and the end of Macbeth himself. It is a fast paced chapter with many but short scenes, served to tie up loose ends. Below are summarized the key events of the nine scenes.
Scene one is about Lady Macbeth who seems to have gone mad. While sleepwalking she indirectly admits to the crimes she and her husband have committed. Her mental stage is deteriorating because of her feelings of guilt. Referring to her guilt in the murder, she talks about how no water could ever wash the blood from her hands, when right after the murder ironically she said that a little water would clear her and her husband of that same guilt.
The second scene shows Malcom and some …show more content…
Malcom tells his troops to gather branches and leaves for the soldiers to hold in front of them in order to disguise themselves. That way Macbeth would not be able to see how many troops there were fighting against him. Malcom thinks he has an advantage because has no allies and everyone, except for beings who have no heart themselves, is fighting against him.
In the next scene Macbeth learn his wife has died, but does not concern himself with it much and instead focuses on the upcoming fight.
Because of the disguise of Malcoms army it seems as though he wood his moving towards Macbeth’s castle. Macbeth is now worried and lets the alarm sound because the first prophecy of the witches has apparently become true.
The next two scenes mark the fight of Malcom and Macbeth’s armies. Macbeth wonders who might be the one who was not born by a woman and would have to be feared. But so farm no one has managed to do him any harm.
Macbeth later encounters Macduff, who tells him, when Macbeth insists on his invincibility, that he was not literally born by his mother, but instead “ripped from her womb”. The scene ends with them fighting after Macbeth refuses to
Act V in Shakespeare's Macbeth is about Lady Macbeth's mental state and the end of Macbeth himself. It is a fast paced chapter with many but short scenes, served to tie up loose ends. Below are summarized the key events of the nine scenes.
Scene one is about Lady Macbeth who seems to have gone mad. While sleepwalking she indirectly admits to the crimes she and her husband have committed. Her mental stage is deteriorating because of her feelings of guilt. Referring to her guilt in the murder, she talks about how no water could ever wash the blood from her hands, when right after the murder ironically she said that a little water would clear her and her husband of that same guilt.
The second scene shows Malcom and some …show more content…
Malcom tells his troops to gather branches and leaves for the soldiers to hold in front of them in order to disguise themselves. That way Macbeth would not be able to see how many troops there were fighting against him. Malcom thinks he has an advantage because has no allies and everyone, except for beings who have no heart themselves, is fighting against him.
In the next scene Macbeth learn his wife has died, but does not concern himself with it much and instead focuses on the upcoming fight.
Because of the disguise of Malcoms army it seems as though he wood his moving towards Macbeth’s castle. Macbeth is now worried and lets the alarm sound because the first prophecy of the witches has apparently become true.
The next two scenes mark the fight of Malcom and Macbeth’s armies. Macbeth wonders who might be the one who was not born by a woman and would have to be feared. But so farm no one has managed to do him any harm.
Macbeth later encounters Macduff, who tells him, when Macbeth insists on his invincibility, that he was not literally born by his mother, but instead “ripped from her womb”. The scene ends with them fighting after Macbeth refuses to