Act 5 Nature and the unnatural

Act 5 Nature and the unnatural

(5.1.76-83) “ Unnatural deeds, Do breed unnatural troubles. Infected minds, To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets…My mind she has mated and amazed my sight: I think, but dare not speak.” The doctor is saying that unnatural acts will cause supernatural things to happen.

(5.5.35) “Punish me if it’s not true. Three miles from here you can see it coming, a moving forest”.

The messenger is telling Macbeth that three miles from the castle you can see a moving forest. This signifies that Macbeth is going to die in the near future.

(5. 1. 10) ‘’A great perturbation in nature, to receive at once the benefit of sleep, and do the effects of watching! " The doctor is saying that it is unnatural to be asleep and act as if you’re awake.