Macbeth
Act 5
1. What is the point of showing Lady Macbeth's insanity--her repetitive handwashing and other symptoms of distraction--in a play with supernatural events and "causes" that are so obviously meant to be taken seriously? Why is it Lady Macbeth who suffers this fate while Macbeth does not? And how does Macbeth take the death of his beloved wife?
2. As it happens, Malcolm brings "Great Birnam Wood to High Dunsinane Hill" and Macduff reveals that he was "not of woman born" but was instead "from ...[his] mother's womb untimely ripped. But how is the manner of these fulfilments ironic, considering the significance Macbeth attached to them when he heard them during his second meeting with the Weird Sisters?
3. Macbeth waxes rather philosophical when it comes time to face death. Do we have here a traditional "recognition" scene where the protagonist learns the nature of his mistake and is able to accept the consequences? Does Macbeth's understanding rise to that quality? Explain.
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