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Act Five Questions

The document contains 6 questions about Act Five of Shakespeare's play Macbeth. It asks how the audience would feel watching Lady Macbeth's mental decline, why Macbeth remains confident before the battle despite the witches' prophecies not coming true, and what irony and meaning the audience would take from Malcolm ordering his men to carry branches. It also asks about Macbeth's final prophecy, how learning Malcolm was ripped from his mother's womb would affect Macbeth and the audience, and what lessons the Elizabethan audience would take from the restoration of order and Malcolm to the throne at the end of the play.

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Act Five Questions

The document contains 6 questions about Act Five of Shakespeare's play Macbeth. It asks how the audience would feel watching Lady Macbeth's mental decline, why Macbeth remains confident before the battle despite the witches' prophecies not coming true, and what irony and meaning the audience would take from Malcolm ordering his men to carry branches. It also asks about Macbeth's final prophecy, how learning Malcolm was ripped from his mother's womb would affect Macbeth and the audience, and what lessons the Elizabethan audience would take from the restoration of order and Malcolm to the throne at the end of the play.

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Act Five Questions

1. In this Act the audience see Lady Macbeth’s state of mind falling
apart. How would the audience feel as we watch her decline?

2. In scene 3 Macbeth is still very confident that he will win the


battle. Why?

3. In scene 4 Malcolm tells the soldiers to carry branches to disguise


themselves. Explain why this is ironic. What do the audience know
about what this order will mean for Macbeth?

4. In scene 5 Macbeth has one final prophecy to hang on to. What is


it?

5. In the final scene Macbeth finds out that Malcolm was ‘ripped’
from his mother’s womb. This would be a high point of tension in
the play. Explain in your own words what effect this new knowledge
would have on the audience and Macbeth.

6. At the close of the play we see order being restored to Scotland


and the throne restored to a worthy king, Malcolm. What lessons
would the Elizabethan audience have learnt about the supernatural,
ambition and treason?

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