Reference no: EM133329189

Assignment: Discuss the dramatic power of Ross' revelation to Macduff. Assess Malcolm's remarks and advice to Macduff.

Act V scene i

1. How does the conversation between the Doctor and the Gentlewoman create suspense? Why won't the Gentlewoman report to the Doctor what she has heard?

2. Describe the gestures Lady Macbeth makes during her sleepwalking. Why does she do this?

3. What feelings, if any, are evoked in the reader for Lady Macbeth at this point in the play?

4. Explain the bitter irony of Lady Macbeth's deterioration in this particular form.

Act V scene ii

1. What is the first word in this scene to catch our attention? Why? What is the second word with the same effect?

2. Note the example of clothing imagery.

3. Note the medical imagery.

Act V scene iii

1. Why does Macbeth talk of Malcolm as born of woman? Why does Macbeth not say the same for Macduff?

2. Why is Macbeth so furious with the frightened servant?

3. Describe the tone and emotions suggested by Macbeth's soliloquy. Why does the audience respect Macbeth for this soliloquy?

4. Why are Macbeth's questions to the Doctor poignant?

5. Note Macbeth's use of the imagery of medicine. What is the difference between this point of view and the one by the opposition to Macbeth?

Act V scene iv

1. Why should the audience be informed of the equivocation involved in the third apparition's prediction before Macbeth experiences it?

Act V scene v

1. Describe the reaction Macbeth has upon hearing the news of his wife's death.

2. Identify the two or more ways of interpreting the line, She should have died hereafter.

3. Why do we pity Macbeth in his speech beginning, I have almost forgot the taste of fear?

4. What are the ideas and the mood expressed in the tomorrow and tomorrow" soliloquy? What is the extended metaphor in this soliloquy?

5. Note Macbeth's reply to the report that Birnam Wood was moving. What does this suggest about his mental state? Do we sympathize?