Macbeth Act V Questions
1. What does Lady Macbeth talk about as
she sleepwalks? Why?
2. What do you learn in V, ii about
Macbeth’s ability to rule?
3. How does Birnam Wood move to
Dunsinane?
4. Use scene v, 10-30, to describe the
depths to which Macbeth has fallen. By
the end of the scene, does he recognize
his plight? Why?
5. What mistaken belief about himself does
Macbeth cling to in v, viii? How does
Macduff prove this belief false?
6. Why does Macbeth continue to fight to the
death, even though everything is against
him?
7. What one idea has become clear to you
as you read Act V?