Task 1

Act 5, Scene 1

To annotate the below scene

In this scene we see Lady Macbeth sleepwalking and dreaming about the murder of Duncan. A doctor has come to visit
and observe her as she has become increasingly ‘unwell’.
LADY MACBETH Yet here's a spot.

Doctor Hark! she speaks: I will set down what comes from

her, to satisfy my remembrance the more strongly.

LADY MACBETH Out, damned spot! out, I say!--One: two: why,

then, 'tis time to do't.--Hell is murky!--Fie, my 40

lord, fie! a soldier, and afeard? What need we
fear who knows it, when none can call our power to
account?--Yet who would have thought the old man
to have had so much blood in him.
Doctor Do you mark that?
LADY MACBETH The thane of Fife had a wife: where is she now?--
What, will these hands ne'er be clean?--No more o'
that, my lord, no more o' that: you mar all with
this starting. 50
Doctor Go to, go to; you have known what you should not.
Gentlewoman She has spoke what she should not, I am sure of
that: heaven knows what she has known.
LADY MACBETH Here's the smell of the blood still: all the
perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little
hand. Oh, oh, oh!
Doctor What a sigh is there! The heart is sorely charged. 60
Gentlewoman I would not have such a heart in my bosom for the
dignity of the whole body.
Doctor Well, well, well,--
Gentlewoman Pray God it be, sir.
Doctor This disease is beyond my practise: yet I have known
those which have walked in their sleep who have died
holily in their beds.
LADY MACBETH Wash your hands, put on your nightgown; look not so
pale.--I tell you yet again, Banquo's buried; he 70
cannot come out on's grave.
Doctor Even so?
LADY MACBETH To bed, to bed! there's knocking at the gate:
come, come, come, come, give me your hand. What's
done cannot be undone.--To bed, to bed, to bed!
[Exit]

Task 2

Questions
1. What quotation shows that Lady Macbeth is hallucinating and what does she see?
‘’Yet here's a spot.’’
Extension: Why is she hallucinating and what does this show about how her character has changed?
Lady Macbeth Feels extreme guilt about committing regicide and assassination of Banquo and Macduff’s
family. This change happened when she started not getting control and now is mentally ill with all the wrong
knowledge, she had of her wrong doings
2. Find a quotation to show she is referring to King Duncan.
‘’Yet who would have thought the old man have so much blood on him’’
Extension: Why is she constantly using questions – consider why people ask questions and conclude your
response based on this.
Lady Macbeth perhaps uses many question to show her uncertainty about anything She is confused and is in a
poor mental state.
3. Where does Lady Macbeth think she will go once she dies?
Lady Macbeth thinks she’s going to hell because she says
‘’Hell is murky’’
Extension – why would Lady Macbeth assume this?
Lady Macbeth assumes this because she committed regicide because at the time if you would commit regicide
you would be going against god and the ‘’’divine right of kings’’
4. Lady Macbeth suggests that she still sees blood on her hands, find the quotation to show this.
‘’out dammed spot’’
Extension: what does the conversation between the Gentlewoman and the Doctor reveal to the audience
The conversation reveals that Lady Macbeths state can’t be treated by the doctor and that Macbeth and Lady
Macbeth are responsible for the death of Duncan
5. ‘’Lady Macbeth uses a metaphor to say that she can smell blood. Here's the smell of the blood still: all the
perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. ‘’
Extension: explain what Lady Macbeth is suggesting in this metaphor
This quotation means the lady Macbeth can’t get rid of the past and the blood that has been in contact with
her
6. The doctor says: ‘My heart is sorely charged.’ What does this mean?
The doctor says he’s in burden with all the information he knows about the murder of Duncan and what lady
Macbeth and Macbeth have done to become king and queen
Extension: what are the connotations of heart and what could the doctor be suggesting here.
The connotations of ‘’heart’’ shows love because the healer really loved Duncan
7. Which quote shows the doctor is unable to treat Lady Macbeth?
‘’ This disease is beyond my practice:’’
Extension: Lady Macbeth acknowledges that Macbeth has had others murdered, find these quotations.

Wash your hands, put on your nightgown; look not so pale.--I tell you yet again, Banquo's buried; he

cannot come out own’s grave.

8. Lady Macbeth uses a list, find this quotation.

To bed, to bed! there's knocking at the gate: come, come, come, come, give me your hand. What's done
cannot be undone. --To bed, to bed, to bed!

Extension: What does this quotation refer to and select one word out of the quotation and explore its
connotations.
Task 3

- Either draw a picture of Lady Macbeth at this stage in the play.

- Create a Powerpoint summarizing each scene in Macbeth up until this point.