n the castle, after suspecting Macduff of betrayal. When Macduff hears the news of his family, he is determined to bring down the tyrant, Macbeth. He and his allies come together and war is declared. "Not in the legions of horrid hell can come a devil more damn'd in evils to top Macbeth, " these were the words of an angry Macduff. Act V is where it all comes down to the wire. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's relationship has deteriorated. She is plagued with the guilt of what she knows about Duncan, Banquo, Lady Macduff, and most of all, her husband. She sees no way out, everything is wrong, and there is no reason to live on, so she takes her life. Meanwhile, Macbeth asks the doctor "...with some sweet oblivious antidote cleanse the stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff...," he wants an easy solution to Lady Macbeth's "disease," but then he hears of her death and he says his famous soliliquy. "The castle's gently render'd," and Macbeth is sought out. Macbeth seems to be in a state of disallusion, two of the predictions have come true, and all Macbeth is latching onto is the last prediction, "...for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth," he still believes there may be a chance, that is, until Macduff enlightens Macbeth on the fact that "Macduff was from his mother's womb untimely ripp'd." The two men fight in a fit of rage, Macbeth is defeated. His greatest downfall was his thirst for power....
