 Studying Macbeth, here's how you can analyse Act 5 Scene 5 when Macbeth realises that he's about to die and everybody has turned against him. In Act 5 Scene 5 everyone has turned against Macbeth and his downfall as a tragic hero seems imminent. Satan tells him, the Queen my Lord is dead and this declarative sentence shows the person who he had plotted to become king with has now died. Macbeth's response to Lady Macbeth's death is shocking. He says she should have died here after. The siblings here shows that he finds the fact that she killed herself a bit of a nuisance. But Macbeth feels like the end is near. He reflects tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. Now the repetition of tomorrow shows that he feels like his time is limited. He says, and all our yesterdays have lighted falls. Now this Iron Bit pentameter shows that he's reflecting on his foolish decision to kill King Duncan. He realises the witches have deceived him. He reflects, life's but a walking shadow, a poor player. Now this is a metaphor describing life almost as a shadow but also a player honesty. So his life is a tale, told by an idiot full of sounding fear and again tale here is a metaphor. He's realising that he's been deceived by the witches and now he's going to die.