Copy of Macbeth Act 5
Published on Dec 15, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
ACT 5 SCENE 1
- Lady Macbeth begins suffering from delusions of the murders of Duncan and Banquo.
- A doctor is called, but the doctor feels as if there is nothing that can be done for her.
- Macduff and Malcolm strategize against Macbeth.
ACT 5 SCENE 2
- Four lords of Scotland — Lennox, Menteth, Angus, and Caithness — resolve to join Malcolm and the English forces
- Encamped at Birnam Wood.
- Very short scene.
ACT 5 SCENE 3
- Macbeth ignores reports of an invasion
- He takes the prophecies literal and believes he is invincible in battle.
- When a servant reports that a huge army has been spotted Macbeth seems to lose courage, but quickly spurns the servant and requests his army to be put on.
ACT 5 SCENE 4
- Malcolm orders his troops to cut branches from Birnam Wood to conceal the size if the army.
- Within doing this, Malcolm unknowingly fulfills the witches prophecy.
ACT 5 SCENE 5
- Macbeth confidently scorns all other advancing armies to find out the queen is dead, by whose hand is not certain.
- Word comes to macbeth that Birmam wood seems to have been uprooted. Macbeth recalls the prophecy of act IV.
- Macbeth wishes to deny this, yet must face the powerful truth.
ACT 5 SCENE 6
- Birnam wood has been uprooted.
- Malcolm's army, disguised in Birnam woe has reached Dunsinane.
- Siward leads the battle, while Malcolm and Macduff take the rear.
ACT 5 SCENE 7
- Foreshadows the destruction of a tyrant.
- Macbeth is challenged by the son of Siward.
- Macduff eagerly searches for the man responsible for the murder of his family.
- Macbeth's forces have surrendered Dunsinane castle, but there is still unfinished business.
ACT 5 SCENE 8
- Macduff and Macbeth finally meet upon the battlefield.
- Words are thrown, including Macbeths final soliloquy.
- Macbeth, the tyrant finally falls from power with his death.
ACT 5 SCENE 9
- Dunsinane castle is taken.
- Malcolm is proclaimed king by all assembled thanes.
SCENE STEALER
- Macduff is the scene stealer in Act V because he is the dominant character who transforms the entire play. He is the killer of MacBeth. After beheading Macbeth, putting his head on a stick, and presenting it to Malcolm, Malcolm is crowned the new king.
