Macbeth By: William Shakespeare Literary Circle Acts Iv-V Pg. 52-82
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Macbeth by: William Shakespeare Literary Circle Acts IV-V Pg. 52-82 To begin with, Macbeth is disturbed by recent events, he visits the three witches and asks more information about their premunition, they summoned three spirits to tell the premunition in detail, the first spirit says to beware of Macduff, the second tells him that a person not born of a woman will not succeed him, the third tells him that he will be safe until Great Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane Hill. Macbeth is not worried because he knows all men are born from women and forests cannot attack him. Macbeth also asks if Banquos descendants would ever have the throne in Scotland and more spirits appear and show him a mirror that all resembles to Banquo. After this encounter, Lennox tells him that Macduff has gone to England. Macbeth orders a slaughter on Lady Macduff and her child for security. At the castle, Lady Macbeth becomes sick with guilt and starts sleepwalking. The doctor and handmaiden witness her sleepwalking and worry. She confesses her deeds of killing Duncan, Banquo, and Lady Macduff along with her child, doing all that while sleepwalking. She was washing imaginary blood off her hands and talking in her sleep, the doctor and handmaiden are stunned and take her as mad. Back in England, Ross tells Macduff that his wife and child have been brutally murdered and he is struck with grief and revenge on the killer. Malcom had successfully raised an army and Macduff wants to join him as they plan to revenge on Macbeth. The army makes a plan to disguise themselves as the woods and then plan to attack. Lady Macbeth kills herself because of the guilt of murder. Macbeth then delivers a speech that reflects the meaningless life. He still waits for the war and is frfightened when he sees the woods moving as this was the spirits prophecy. Finally, Macbeth faces the army and kills one of the men, Macbeth then faces Macduff and fight for a while. Macduff confesses that he was born of caesarean section which is considered as not being born from a woman. This fulfills the prophecy and continues to decapitate Macbeth. Macduff walks on a platform and shows the head, Malcom becomes the new king of Scotland.
.The three witches summoned an armoured, a bloody child, and a crowned child..The armoured head told Macbeth to beware of Macduff..The bloody child told Macbeth that no one born of a woman would be able to kill him..The crowned child told Macbeth that the woods would attack him..Lady Macbeth sleepwalks and confesses about the murders..She tries to wash fake blood off her hands and proceeds to say water cannot wash the blood off her hands..Macbeth knows that the forest cannot move and that all men are born of women..Macbeth goes on and kills Macduffs family for assurance that Macduff will not kill..Macduff was in England at the time his family was killed..Ross informs Macduff his family has been killed and is out for revenge..Malcom raised an army against the killer of his father and Maduff joins..They disguise themselves as the woods as their attack plan..Lady Macbeth kills herself from the cause of guilt..Macbeth tells a speech about how meaningless life is..Macbeth continues to fight Macduff..Macduff decapitates Macbeth and Malcom is now king.