act 5

• 5.1

  lady macbeth has become plagued with fits of sleepwalking during which she believes she has blood on her hands
• 5.2

  other thanes prepare for battle against macbeth
• 5.3

  the doctor tells macbeth his wife cannot be cured. macbeth arrogantly prepares for battle
• 5.4

  malcolm's army disguise themselves with branches from birnam wood
• 5.5

  macbeth recieves news that lady macbeth has died while he awaits the english army. he has an existential crisis
• 5.6 and 5.7

  macbeth and macduff battle and eventually meet
• 5.8

  macbeth encounters macduff in battle who declares that he was not "of woman born" but was instead "untimely ripped" from his mothers womb. macbeth continues to fight until macduff kills and beheads him
• 5.9

  prince malcolm now becomes king of scotland