Macbeth Act 5: Scene 1 - 7

Here are some images I found in Act 5. "This disease is beyond my practice: yet I have known those which have walked in their sleep who have died holily in their beds." (Doctor, page 208) This quotation is after the doctor and the lady-in-waiting have watched Lady Macbeth act very strange while sleep walking. This quotation shows some significance because it can relate to two pieces of imagery. It mentions sleep as well as disease. With the disease, I'm not sure whether the doctor meant for this situation to be a physical one or a mental. I guess it works for both. But, with sleep, it goes to show that Lady Macbeth doesn't receive all the benefits of sleep even though she is completely unconscious. Most likely created by all the guilt that is put on her shoulders. Another quotation, "Meet we the med'cine of the sickly weal, and with him pour we, in our country's purge, each drop of us." (Caithness, page 212) This is when the lords meet and decide what to do now that Macbeth has plagued their nation under his rule. Basically, what this quotation is saying is that Malcolm, the rightful heir to the throne, will heal their 'sickly' country and they are all worth giving up their lives to help bring Macbeth to justice. The significance of this quotation is that Scotland is sick or 'injured' and it needs some healing. Also, the lords say that they are willing to shed some 'blood' in order to help make Malcolm become king. So, in the end, there were some of the many images found in Act 5 of Macbeth.