Macbeth LRJ#5

1) The main theme of this last Act was Fall of the hero. Other themes that are related to the fall of the hero include lost of hope and total fear. Macbeth in this chapter is very self confident in the beginning of the Act. He fears nothing and says that "none of woman born" could possibly destroy him. The fall of the hero is prepared throughout the play and the audience expects Macbeth to die so that there would be a happy ending. Macbeth must die which causes the fall of the hero to come in play. The fall of Macbeth actually starts to happen after Lady Macbeth's death. The doctors trying to cure her could do nothing. "This disease is beyond my practice...I have known those which had walked in their sleep who have died holiholy in their beds.(Shakespeare,5.1,59-61)The doctor's practices are way beyond the help that Lady Macbeth needs. There is no more hope for her. The theme of fall of the hero shows her personality the most. She is trying to wash off blood that isn't there. She has totally lost her mind. Once the great Lady Macbeth, the boldest in the story now is nothing she used to be.

2)The image patterns in this was blood. Blood if shown everywhere throughout the whole book but many important characters seem to die here. The main image pattern of blood goes for Lady Macbeth who has helped many people. Shakespeare introduces females as fragile and emotional minded persons. Lady Macbeth has gone crazy by now."Out, damned spot!Out,I Say"(Shakespeare,5.1,36). In here by spot she means to get the blood stains out because she has killed so many. She was the cause of Banquo's death and of many others. Macbeth told the doctors to cure her but there is nothing the doctors could do. No medicine has cure for her. Too much blood has been shed on her hands.