Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 6 runs 11 lines of dialogue, spoken by 3 speakers. That is shorter than the play’s average scene length of about 85 lines. This scene is part of Act 5 of Macbeth.
Full Dialogue
Malcolm ♂
Now near enough: your leafy screens throw down.
And show like those you are. You, worthy uncle,
Shall, with my cousin, your right-noble son,
Lead our first battle: worthy Macduff and we
Shall take upon 's what else remains to do,
According to our order.
And show like those you are. You, worthy uncle,
Shall, with my cousin, your right-noble son,
Lead our first battle: worthy Macduff and we
Shall take upon 's what else remains to do,
According to our order.
Siward ♂
Fare you well.
Do we but find the tyrant's power to-night,
Let us be beaten, if we cannot fight.
Do we but find the tyrant's power to-night,
Let us be beaten, if we cannot fight.
Macduff ♂
Make all our trumpets speak; give them all breath,
Those clamorous harbingers of blood and death.
Those clamorous harbingers of blood and death.
11 lines rendered verbatim from the dialogue corpus.
Who’s On Stage
Speaking characters in this scene
| Character | Lines | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Malcolm | 6 | 54.5% |
| Siward | 3 | 27.3% |
| Macduff | 2 | 18.2% |
Line distribution
The top speaker in this scene delivers 6 lines, while the scene’s average per speaker is about 4 lines.
Total speakers on stage
3 named characters speak in this scene.
Scene in Context
Position within Act 5
This is Scene 6 of 8 in Act 5 of Macbeth.
Scene length vs. play average
At 11 lines, this scene is shorter than the Macbeth average scene in Macbeth (~85 lines).
Adjacent scenes
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