Important Quotes and Meanings of Act 5 - Macbeth.

their own in their castle. She says that she does not need to fear anyone knows their secret since nobody can ask them how they got into power.All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.i, 48-49Lady Macbeth realizes that nothing in the world can erase her deeds. Lady Macbeth wants something that is so small yet nothing can help her.Foul whisperings are abroad. Unnatural deeds Do breed unnatural troubles; infected minds To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets. More needs she the divine than the physician.i, 68-71Horrible rumours are going around as deeds against nature have created strange problems. The troubled minds have no one to confess their secrets to. Lady Macbeth needs a priest, not a physician.Now does he feel his title Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe Upon a dwarfish thief.ii, 20-22Macbeth has stolen a title that is far too honourable for him, which he will never be able to fit into.I have liv’d long enough: my way of life is fall’n into the sere, the yellow leaf; and that which should accompany old age, as honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have;iii, 22-26The way Macbeth has been living (murdering, guiltiness) has come with a consequence as his power is beginning to fall and he has nothing standing behind him (“honour, love, obedience, troops of friends”)I have supped full with horrors.Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts,Cannot once start me.v, 13-15I have eaten horrors until I am full. I am too familiar with everything so I will not be startled by horrors.Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrowCreeps in this petty pace from day to dayv, 19-20Everyday is filled with more horrors.And all our yesterdays have lighted foolsThe way to dusty death.v, 22-23Macbeth is a fool for having taught ‘bloody instructions’ that will end up leading him to his own death.Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,And then is heard no more;v, 24-26Life has no real reality, as it is just a musician or actor that pretends to be something else in reality, but then ends quickly.I ‘gin to be aweary of the sun. And wish the estate o’ the world were now undone.v, 49-50Macbeth wishes for death and for the whole world as well as the world is essentially good therefore Macbeth has no place in it. Annotated Bibliography “Important Quotations Explained.” Spark Notes. http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth/quotes.html This web page explains five quotes throughout the Macbeth. It wasn’t very helpful because there weren’t many examples, especially for Act 5 therefore there wasn’t much information to note. “Shakespeare Quotes – Macbeth.” All Great Quotes. http://www.allgreatquotes.com/shakespeare_quotes_macbeth.shtml This web page purely states important quotes of all of the acts in Macbeth. It is helpful because it identifies quotes that should be taken a closer look at and then allow you to interpret it for yourself. Zimmerman, Margaret. “Macbeth’s Major Themes.” Macbeth. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maggieoh/Macbeth/theme.html (22 May 1998) This web page summarizes many of the important quotes in the acts along with a short explanation. It is helpful for the research process because there were quite a number of quotes and explanations that dealt with Act 5.