Key events

• What has caused Lady Macbeth to go mad?

  Guilt over the murders
• How does Lady Macbeth behave as a result of her madness?

  She becomes a hysterical somnambulist
• What do the doctors think about Lady Macbeth's condition?

  They are unable to help her
• What action does Lady Macbeth mimic while in her madness?

  Washing her hands
• What does Lady Macbeth echo from earlier in the play?

  Phrases from earlier in the play
• What is reported to Macbeth later in the play?

  That Lady Macbeth is dead
• How do the final scenes of the play unfold?

  They switch between English forces and Macbeth
• Who confronts Macbeth in the final scenes?

  Macduff
• What happens during the fight between Macduff and Macbeth?

  Macduff fulfills the witches' prophecy
• What is the significance of Macduff being "from his mother's womb untimely ripped"?

  It fulfills the witches' prophecy
• What happens to the natural order after Macbeth's death?

  It is restored
• Who is hailed as the new king after Macbeth's death?

  Malcolm