Revelations and Role Reversals in Act V of Macbeth


Act V of Shakespeare's Macbeth is packed with dramatic moments that reveal new truths about the characters and their actions. The first of these comes in Act V,
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Slide1Act V
Slide2Q1• “Out damned spot! Out I say!…yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?” – Lady Macbeth V.i.30-34 – Sleepwalking ( Remember : “Macbeth doth murder sleep” – Reveals whose murder?
Slide3Q2• “The Thane of Fife had a wife.Where is she now? Will these hands ne’er be clean?” – Lady Macbeth V.i.38-39 – Now reveals another murder? – Role Reversal
Slide4Q3• “Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten up this little hand: O,o,o!” – Lady Macbeth V.i.43-44 which quote – Contrast to which quote from before?
Slide5Q4• “I’ll fight til from my bones my flesh be hacked.” – Macbeth V.ii.33 – Role Reversal which quote – Compare to which quote ?
Slide6Q5• “I have almost forgotten the taste of fears.” – Macbeth V.v.9
Slide7Q6: Copy & Translate on a separate sheet of paper • “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Slide8Q6 Con’t• Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.” – Macbeth V.v.21-30
Slide9Q7• “I looked toward Birman, and anon methought The wood began to move.” – Messenger V.vi.37-38 – Against which prophecy?
Slide10Q8• “Why should I play the Roman fool and die On my own sword?” – Macbeth V.iii.1-2 – Meaning?
Slide11Q9• “Depair thy harm!…Macduff was from his mother’s womb untimely ripped.” – Macduff V.viii.17-20 – Against which prophecy?
Slide12Q10• “They say he parted well and paid his score, And so, God be with him!” – Siward V.viii.62-63 – Reminds us of…? Do you think the sister’s messed with him as well…..?