Please Answer Using Complete Sentences on a Separate Sheet of Paper

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Sophomore English

Ms. Drahouzal

22 April 2010

Macbeth, Act V

Please answer using complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Does the ending of the play satisfy you? Why or why not? If not, how would you change it?

2. Why do you think Macbeth continues to appeal to audiences after nearly four hundred years?

3. a) While Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking, to what three prior events does she refer?

b) To which event does she keep coming back?

4. a) What news does Seyton bring Macbeth in scene v?

b) What in the messenger’s report makes Macbeth fear tat the apparitions’ second prophecy is coming true?

5. a) In Scene viii why does Macbeth tell Macduff he does not wish to fight him?

b) What does Macduff tell Macbeth concerning the apparitions’ third prophecy?

6. a) Who does Macbeth kill in the encounter with the English forces?

b) Who does Macduff kill?

c) At the end of the play, who is to be crowned King of Scotland?

7. Why do you think it is an “accustomed action” for Lady Macbeth to wash her hands while sleepwalking?

8. a) Why does Macbeth remain confident of surviving the battle with Malcolm’s army despite his own troops’ desertion?

b) Judging by the way Macbeth behaves in Scene iii, describe his state of mind.

9. What changes in his personality is Macbeth describing in Scene v, around lines 9 – 15?

10. Why does Macbeth say, “She should have died hereafter,” upon learning of the death of Lady Macbeth?

11. Macbeth, mad and murderous though he is, shows certain admirable traits to the very end. What are some of his better traits?

12. If Macbeth had defeated Malcolm’s forces and remained King of Scotland, what actions do you think he would have taken in regard to a) Malcolm? b) the rebellious Scottish lords? c) the witches?