We will finish reading Macbeth and answering the questions - which are all due on Monday (Acts 1 thru 5). I have pasted the Act 5 questions below.
Macbeth Act V Questions
Act V Scene 1
When did Lady Macbeth cease to take part in the action of the play?
How has she changed since then?
What is the doctor’s diagnosis of her condition, its causes, its nature?
Has the sleep walking scene been foreshadowed? Explain.
Has Macbeth been disturbed in his sleep because of his crimes?
Act V Scene 2
What information is given in Scene 2 of the English power?
What are Macbeth’s plans for defense?
What is said of Macbeth’s mental and emotional condition?
Act V Scene 3
Upon what does Macbeth rely at this time to make him feel safe?
Is Hecate’s plan being fulfilled? Explain.
How does Macbeth treat his attendants?
Explain what is meant by “lily-livered” and “linen cheeks”.
Explain “This push will cheer me ever, or disseat me now.”
Is there any pathos here? What is Macbeth’s punishment?
What is Macbeth’s description of a mind diseased? Its cure?
Act V Scenes 4 and 5
What is the effect on Macbeth of the news of Lady Macbeth’s death?
What causes his return to desperation and despair?
Act V Scenes 6 and 7
What is the value or purpose of this succession of short scenes?
Why is Macbeth allowed to be victor over young Siward?
Act V Scene 8
What is the effect on the audience of this renewal of Macbeth’s bravery?
How does he conduct himself when he learns that the “juggling fiends” have betrayed him altogether?
How does Siward take the news of his son’s death (how does he comfort himself)?
Why does Macbeth die at Macduff’s rather than at Malcolm’s hand?
Does the audience witness the death of Macbeth?
How is the death made known?
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