Act 5 Imagery

There is a lot of imagery seen in act 5. The first piece of imagery that we see is Lady Macbeth not being able to sleep, and since sleep is like being e, Lady Macbeth cannot sleep because she is guilty of murder and cannot escape it. Also, in this act we see the imagery of disease, when Lady Macbeth goes ill. "Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased... Raze out the written troubles of the brain." (Pages 216-218) This is where Macbeth is saying to the doctor to just give Lady Macbeth a pill or something. The problem with this is that it cannot be cured, it is simply because her mind is troubled and she cannot sleep. Also, another piece of disease imagery is where all the noblemen are starting to look at Macbeth as a plague on Scotland. This appears in scene 7 with Malcolm and Macduff, and Malcolm is testing Macduff to see how bad things in Scotland really are and says that Macbeth has this great healing power when in reality he is the one causing all the trouble in Scotland.