Macbeth Act V Study Guide

What do the doctor and gentlewoman see Lady Macbeth doing? What do they decide to do? She’s sleep walking and talking. She’s talking all the murders and they decide to keep it to themselves.
What does Macbeth want the doctor to do for his wife? He wants the doctor to ease her suffering, to give her something to make her oblivious toher weighty troubles.
What trick does Malcom use to hide the number of men in his army? They camouflage themselves with tree branches so they look like a forest
Malcom says “And none serve with him but constrained things whose hearts are absent, too. What does that mean? Only those who are forced to fight for Macbeth do.
What is Macbeth’s reaction to Lady Macbeth’s death? He just looks at her body and says everybody has to die but she should not have died so young
What is Macbeth’s reaction to the news that Birnam Wood is moving? “Arm, arm, and out!” He’s going to fight to the bitter end and take down the whole universewith him, if necessary.
Who first fights Macbeth? What happens? Young Siward. And according to scene 8, Young Siward had wounds on his front side, representing he was fighting bravely and with confidence.
Macbeth says to Macduff, “But get thee back, my soul is too much charged with blood of thine already” To what is this referring? He hired murderers to kill Macduff’s wife and children.
When does Macbeth know he’s in trouble? When he finds out that Macduff was untimely ripped from his mother’s womb (he was born of a C section)
How does Macbeth die? Macduff kills him
Who will be King of Scotland Malcom