Macbeth Act 5 Resolution
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Macbeth Act 5 Resolution
Act 5: how the resolution unfolds
As Malcolm’s army approaches Dunsinane, its soldiers cut branches from Birnam Wood and carry them to hide their numbers. Macbeth remembers the apparitions’ promises: he will not be defeated until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane, and no one “of woman born” will harm him. The moving branches make the first promise seem to come true, but Macbeth clings to the second. Inside the castle, Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking. A doctor and a gentlewoman observe her trying to wash imagined blood from her hands. Her distress suggests that guilt has overwhelmed her. Soon after, Macbeth hears that she has died. He responds bleakly, reflecting on how brief and empty life can seem. In battle, Macbeth fights on. Macduff tells him he was “from his mother’s womb untimely ripped”—born by Caesarean section—so the prophecy does not protect Macbeth from him. Macduff kills Macbeth and carries his head away. Malcolm is hailed as Scotland’s king. His closing speech promises to restore order and welcome those who fled Macbeth’s rule.
Read closely
Check your understanding of the events and the way Shakespeare shapes the ending.
- Soldiers carry branches from Birnam Wood towards Dunsinane.
- Macduff refuses to fight him.
- Malcolm leaves the army.
- Lady Macbeth returns to the castle.
- Lady Macbeth
- Macduff
- Malcolm
- Reveals his unusual birth and kills Macbeth
- Sleepwalks and tries to wash imagined blood from her hands
- Becomes king and promises to restore order
- Life can seem brief and empty.
- The army will never reach the castle.
- He will gladly give up the crown.
- The prophecies were never spoken.
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