Act 5 notes

1.       Scene 1

a.       Lady Macbeths unclearabe conscious?

1.       Lady Macbeth has a tendency to sleepwalk, observed by a woman and doctor.

2.       Lady Macbeth walks into their conversation, moaning of the murders of Banquo and Lady Macduff.

3.       Says she will never get the blood off her hands.

b.      Reactionary phase.

1.       The Doctor and maid are concerned for her mental safety, as if they believe she is mad and incapable of the murders.

2.       Scene 2

a.       Military preparation

1.       Scotsman are outside the Castle where Macbeth is hulled up, planning the attack.

2.       The English are marching on Macbeth to end his tyranny. Led by Malcom.

3.       Starting the assault near the Birnam Wood. Macbeth is insane.

3.       Scene 3

a.       In fevered anger, Macbeth gets a new ego.

1.       Boasts that Malcom cannot do harm to him due to them being women.

2.       “none of women born can harm you”

3.       Takes the witches prophecy too literally.

b.      May be underlying paranoid, wears his armor despite the battle being possibly far off.

c.       Diverts his attention to his wife.

1.       He mandates a doctor to cure after the doctor states she is delusional.

2.       Bed ridden, possibly fell ill to a deathly conscious.

4.       Scene 4

a.       The English Lords decide to cut down and carry trees to the keep as to disguise their numbers.

b.      What was that about the forest moving?

5.       Scene 5

a.       Macbeth orders to celebrate their victory early.

b.      A woman’s cry is heard and Lady Macbeth is pronounced dead.

c.       Macbeth says the tomorrow, tomorrow speech

1.       Possibly in remorse of how his life had been foolish, full of thoughtless ambition.

d.      A messenger comes in and states the woods have begun to move

1.       Macbeth Is both angry, scared and ready to give up.

6.       Scene 6

a.       The battle starts for the keep outside.

b.      The trees are dropped.

7.       Scene 7

a.       Macbeth is an animal

b.      Fights with the ferocity of a man marked with death.

1.       He strikes down Prince Sward in the battle.

8.       Alarmus

a.       Macduff seeks to kill Macbeth with feral ferocity.

9.       Alarmus again

a.       Duncan and lord Siward enter the castle to look for a possible victory plan.

10.   Scene 8

a.       Macduff finds Macbeth, after insults, and Macbeth sort of repenting for killing his family, they fight.

b.      They fight so hard they break out of the scene, non-yielding.

11.   Siward, and Malcom are in the hall, they have claimed victory as theirs.

a.       Siwird finds his son is dead, and praises him a good warrior, and blessed in his fall of battle. Not seeming to be sad.

b.      Macduff enters with Macbeths head.

c.       Malcom states the tyranny of Macbeth is over, and Scotland is free of unjust rule.