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