MACBETH ACT 5 ANNOTATIONS

1. “Let every soldier hew him down a bough And bear’t before him"

Malcolm addresses to soldiers. He says that every soldier to break off a branch and hold it in
front of him. That way we can conceal how many of us there are, and Macbeth’s spies will give
him inaccurate reports.

2. "As I did stand my watch upon the hill

I looked toward birnam and anon methought
The woods began to move"

Speaker: messenger
The end looms near for Macbeth
The third and final prophecy is coming true as the soldiers advance
Macbeths end is near

3. Out, damned spot! out, I say!

It reveals Lady Macbeth's subconscious feelings and helps to illustrate some of the
themes, motifs, and symbols of the play. In this scene, we find Lady Macbeth
sleepwalking through the castle, hallucinating and rubbing her hands together as if
she is washing them.

4. All the perfumes of arabia will not sweeten this little hand

Lady Macbeth in Act 5.1 of Shakespeare's Macbeth is metaphorically saying that

all of the perfumes of Arabia could not get rid of the smell of blood on her hands,
that no amount of perfume could "sweeten" them.

5. “Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?”

This word was said by Lady Macbeth as she walks in her sleep and she was guilty because.
they murdered the king Duncan.

6. "Till birnam wood remove to Dunsinane I cannot taint with fear"

Macbeth says that he strongly believes in the prophecy of the witches, that no one will defeat
him.

7. Here's the smell of the blood still; all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand"
 Lady Macbeth is going crazy thinking about Duncan's murder. She believes nothing can take
away the guilt she has. Before she told Macbeth that water can clear the deed but now she finds
this is not possible.

8. "....What’s the boy Malcolm?

Was he not born of woman?..."

The lines are uttered by Macbeth. Macbeth is riddled with moral consequences and he questions
Malcom's state of birth as he believed in the witches' prophecy that he couldn't be killed by a man
born of a woman.

9. "unnatural deeds do breed unnatural troubles"

The doctor in act 5 scene 1 explains that 'Unnatural deeds do breed unnatural troubles', meaning
that Lady Macbeth's strange behaviour has been caused by something unnatural. He
recommends that the gentlewoman keep a close eye on Lady Macbeth and remove anything that
she might use to cause herself harm.

10. Wash your hands. Put on your nightgown. Look not so pale. I tell you yet again, Banquo's buried;
he cannot come out on 's grave.

Lady Macbeth to Macbeth

This quote is said by Lady Macbeth when she is sleepwalking as the Doctor and Gentlewoman
are watching.

11. Great dunsinane he strongly fortifies:

Some say he's mad; others that lesser hate him, do call it valieant fury: but for certain he cannot
buckle his dis tempered cause within the belt of rule.

The lines are taken from the play of Macbeth, Act 5 by William Shakespeare. Caithless is
observing the actions of Macbeth. Again he refers to macbeths increasing mental instability. He
says that his more loyal followers don't believe in this instability but that it must be true.

12. Macduff was from his mother’s womb

Untimely ripped.

In act 5, scene 1, Macbeth visits the Three Witches in order to receive additional prophecies
concerning his future. The witches proceed to deceive Macbeth by showing him several
enigmatic apparitions. The first apparition instructs Macbeth to beware of Macduff, while the
second apparition tells Macbeth.

13. “The devil himself could not pronounce a title More hateful to mine ear."
Young Siward to Macbeth. The devil himself couldn’t say a name I hate more.

Naorem Washington Singh

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