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Macbeth Act 5 Review
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At the beginning of Act 5, why is the doctor and the nurse observing Lady Macbeth? | The nurse and the doctor are observing Lady Macbeth while she is going through a phase of sleepwalking. |
What is Lady Macbeth acting like she’s doing in the opening scene? | Lady Macbeth is washing her hands, specifically of the blood that has been on them. |
What does the doctor say Lady Macbeth needs more than himself? | The doctor states that Lady Macbeth needs god/ religion the divine more than a doctor. |
According to one of the Thanes, what motivated the soldiers that Macbeth commands? | What motivates the soldiers that Macbeth commands is out of fear. |
How many soldiers does Malcolm and the English army bring? | Malcolm and the English army bring ten thousand soldiers. |
What does Malcolm command every soldier to do in order to camouflage them? | Malcolm commands every soldier to take a limb from the tree and hide behind that limb. |
What is the shriek that Macbeth hears before the battle begins? | Macbeth hears the shriek of Lady Macbeth Dying. |
What does Macbeth metaphorically compare life to on page 115? | Macbeth compares life with a walking shadow. |
What does one of Macbeth’s soldiers report to him that enrages him? | One of Macbeth’s soldiers told him that the woods are moving toward the castle. |
How is Macduff able to harm Macbeth, despite the witches’ prophecy? What is the medical term that is used to describe the nature of his birth? | Macduff was able to harm Macbeth because he was not born naturally. Macduff was born by the use of a c-section. |
When Macbeth refuses to fight Macduff, what does Macduff tell Macbeth they will do with him? | Macduff says that they will lock him up in a cell and allow everyone come and see what the king had become. |
At the end of the play, how does Malcolm explain the death of Lady Macbeth? Is there another possible way she died? | Malcolm explains that the death of Lady Macbeth was her own cause and her own fault she killed herself, however there are theories that the doctor killed lady Macbeth. |