11/30/2022 0 Comments Macbeth act 5 summary![]() They hear a cry and Seyton tells Macbeth that his wife is dead. Macbeth calls for the banners to be hung on the castle walls. The men talk of hope for things to come.Įnter Macbeth, Seyton and soldiers with drum and colors. Malcolm tells everyone to cut off a large branch and carry it before him so to confuse and make the scouts of the castle not be able to tell how many men they are. Macbeth Is upset, he tells the doctor to do everything he can to fix it.Įnter Malcolm, Siward and young Siward, Macduff Menteith, Caithness, Angus, Lennox, Ross and soldiers. The doctor tells Macbeth that for a mental disorder the patient must fix herself. The doctor tells Macbeth of Lady Macbeth’s condition, Macbeth simply tells him to fix her. Seyton and Macbeth talk about battle and Macbeth asks for his armor. Macbeth calls Seyton and asks him what news. He tells Macbeth that ten thousand soldiers are coming and he leaves. He tells of how he was told by spirits who know all mortal things that he should not fear these things. He laughs about Malcolm coming for him because Malcolm was born or a woman. He will not fear anyman until the Forest has moved. They discuss where they will meet the bulk of the army, near Birnam wood. Menteith talks about the men leading the army and how revenge burns in them. She rambles on about her and her husbands guilt.then she goes to her room and the doctor says that this manner of affliction is far beyond his knowledge, but that he has known people who walk in their sleep to die in their beds.ĭrumming and colors enter Menteith, Caithness, Angus, Lennox and soldiers. She washes her hands, her eyes are open but she is asleep.She continues washing and talking to herself about how mmuch blood the old man had, the thane of fife had a wife and she is gone. They watch her a while and talk about her actions as they watch. Everynight she goes to her closet, writes a letter, read it, seal it and go back to bed, all while fully asleep. Here, we feel that a weight has been lifted: the air will shortly "smell wooingly" once more.They are discussing Lady Macbeth’s insanity. The darkly vengeful figure of Macduff speaks of his obligation to the souls of his dead family: Revenge must be his and his alone if he is to escape his personal feelings of guilt at having abandoned his family.ĭescribing the surrender of Macbeth's castle, Old Siward (who at this point is ignorant of the heroic self-sacrifice of his son) explains that Macbeth's troops surrendered the castle with little resistance - "gently." Perhaps the audience recalls the "gentle" King Duncan, who, on his fateful visit to Macbeth's castle at Inverness in Act I, Scene 6, commented on the sweet air which surrounded it. With ironic timing, the man who was not born of woman now takes Siward's place on the battlefield stage. Before his exit, Macbeth gloats over the corpse of his assailant, with one final mockery: "Thou wast born of woman." Macbeth's replies spur Siward into courageous but futile action. ![]() The fight itself is preceded by a combat of words in which Siward appropriately taunts Macbeth with the words "devil" and "lie," words that have particular significance for his opponent. ![]() When a single figure enters, Macbeth must wonder, half-doubtful, whether his nemesis has arrived in the form of young Siward. He is like a captured wild animal, furious yet unable to move: "They have tied me to a stake: I cannot fly." All he can do is to await his destiny. The image of paralysis that ended Scene 5 is picked up immediately in Macbeth's image of himself as a baited bear. Lastly, it is announced that Macbeth's forces have surrendered Dunsinane castle. Immediately afterwards, Macduff is seen eagerly seeking out the man who was responsible for the murder of his family. In a scene that foreshadows the final destruction of a tyrant in single combat, Macbeth is challenged by the courageous son of Siward. ![]()
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