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Answer the following Act V questions based on your reading from the past two days. You may work with a partner, but your responses should be original. Complete sentences and use of textual support is required [at least two quotations]. Posted: Fri., 1.15.10, beginning of class

Act V, scene ii

1. What does Angus say about the men that Macbeth commands? "now does he feel his secret murders sticking on his hands. Now minutely revolts upbraid his faith-reach. THose he commands move only in command, Nothing in love. Now does he feel his title hang loose about him, like a giant's robe upon a dwarfish theif"

2. How is the "plant" metaphor started in Act I, sc. iv, by Duncan, continued in this scene?

Duncan is telling Banquo "i have begun to plant thee and will labor to make thee full of growing." this shows that he wants to make Banquo the next king

Act V, scene iii

1. What are Macbeth's troops doing? Why does he remain so confident?

He is getting them ready for a battle. He doesn't think that there is any way that someone will kill him, no man born from women could kill him.

2. How does Macbeth acknowledge that Scotland is suffering?

He puts his armor on before they leave, thinking he will be hurt.

Act V, scene iv

1. Who is Siward? What is his opinion of the king?

Siward is the commander of English forces, he doesn't like the king, he thinks the king is a tyrant

2. What tactical strategy does Malcom implement? What is its purpose and why is it significant to the play?

He told them to take branches with them to hide how many soldiers there are.

Act V, scene v

1. How does the sound of the woman's cry affect Macbeth?

It reminds him what fear feels like

2. Who dies in this scene? What are the main ideas of Macbeth's soliloquy after this event?

Macbeth dies, he says that he is ready to fight and no one will be able to kill him.

3. What does Macbeth now recognize about the prophecies? How does his realization relate to the play's central theme?

He knows that you cant always believe what you are told, it relates to the central theme because he came to the conclusion that foul is fair, and that it was okay for the witches to trick him.