Macbeth : Act V

What is your reaction to the death of Lady Macbeth? How has she changed since the beginning of the play?

The death of Lady Macbeth. I was kind of surprised! I was looking for more of a sickness and didn't really put two and two together with the whole insane sleep walking thing. Malcolm says that rumor has it she committed suicide. I can believe that. Knowing about all of those murders and feeling like you can't get your hands clean would make me want to commit suicide too! What I really couldn't believe was Macbeth's response to her death! "Oh, it was bound to happen sooner or later." , is pretty much what he said. No sympathy or mourning anywhere to be found! But, I guess when you are wishing death on yourself you can't really expect anything else from him!

Lady Macbeth was very hard hearted in the beginning of this play. It seemed she had the confidence that took Macbeth needed but took a long time to accomplish. In the end, she was just playing tough, holding it all in until she couldn't take it anymore. The doubt and worry in her sleep talk proved this. It finally got the best of her and she put an end to it by taking her life!

What does the speech, "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow..." mean to you?

I think this speech is cool. To me, it means that we just keep living our lives day by day, and each day we live brings us closer to your death. I did it funny that like in Once and a Future King, a candle is used as a representation of life. In this sense, some people have taller candles than others, some, have better wicks. In the end, unless you can stop time, each day we live brings us closer to the time of our death.

What was your reaction to the fulfillment of the witches prophecies? To Macbeth's death?

Who would ever think all of the witches prophecies would come true? Macbeth didn't, that's for sure! Banquo told him, "The agents of evil often tell us part of the truth in order to lead us to our destruction." Macbeth thought certain that the forest could not move and that everyone must be born from a woman.

In once sense I felt bad for Macbeth. He had finally got up the courage and confidence to take the kingdom he wanted and got it all taken away! On the other hand, I was glad when Macduff cut his head off. Macbeth was so cocky! and look at all the people he killed just to get the kingdom that he knew was going to Banquo's descendants! I feel Macbeth deserved to die!