The Birnam Wood

The play Macbeth written by William Shakespeare in the beginning of the 17th century, deals with a man’s turn from the king’s most glorious, brave and courageous general into a traitor and murderer influenced by evil forces. In the following I am going to describe the play briefly and explain the theme of it. Furthermore I will discuss Macbeth’s character and his internal conflict. While the general Macbeth and his friend Banquo are returning from a victorious battle, King

murder but is mentally capable of persuading someone into committing the crime for her. Macbeth is gullible at first judgment, but soon became a man on a murderous rampage to keep his title as king of Scotland. Starting with murdering King Duncan to Birnam Wood advancing to Dunsinane, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth initiate Macbeth’s downfall. Starting with the

this quote, Macbeth realizes that there is no point in either running away or staying in Dunsinane because he will end up dying either way. He accepts defeat when he says, “At least we’ll die with harness on our back” (5.5.51). Later on, when the Birnam Wood finally reaches Macbeth’s castle, he says that, “They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly, But bear-like I must fight the course” (5.7.1-2). Macbeth is pressured even further and feels that the English Army has trapped him. He realizes that he

6-7). Seyton the servant announces that ten thousand men are approaching the castle, causing Macbeth to call for his armour. Mason Scene 4: The story then returns to Birnam Wood where the soldiers cut down trees to camouflage their approach and conceal their numbers. Siward: “What wood is this before us?”. Menteith: the wood of birnam”. Malcolm: “Let every soldier hew him down a bough and bear 't before him. Thereby shall we shadow our numbers of our host and make discovery err report of us”. (Act

Malcolm is a big influence on Macbeth’s play. As a result of the death of Macbeth, he was able to recuperate the throne, which once belonged to his family. Malcolm and Donalbain are the sons of the murdered King Duncan. They were at the castle in the moment their father was killed. Even though they were not guilty for his death, they feared that Macbeth was going to frame them. Due to this, they leave the country thinking that this would help. However, people noticed their disappearance and started

Macbeth, a tragedy play written by Shakespeare, had a violent ending to the story. The story ends with Macbeth’s return to the throne. Macbeth had a substantial change as a person as he once was an honorable person and was a murderous killer at the end of the play. In Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth’s downfall is caused by temptation from the witches’ prophecies, Lady Macbeth’s aspiration for her husband, and Macbeth’s greed. In Macbeth, it is evident that Macbeth is a very noble and mature person at

Prophecy, Ambition, and Evil Would you be willing change your values in order to gain power? In William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, the character Macbeth, after hearing a prophecy from three witches, is overcome with the desire for power. His ambition and desire for power leads him down a dark path that leads to his downfall. There are many themes developed throughout Macbeth, the main theme being ambition as evil. The most dominant motif in developing this theme is prophecy because of what this

How does Shakespeare use the witches to create mood and effect on an audience? Macbeth was set around 1040s, during this era, Elizabethan and Jacobean times, the traditional theory of witches was widely accepted; and anyone who questioned it was believed to be a witch themselves; if there was suspicion of a person being a witch, prosecution was most likely made.  The play “Macbeth” is a tragedy, because of Macbeth; the hero aspect in the play is brought to ruin. Although he is not an idealistic

defeated until Birnam woods move to Dunsinane Hill. This appears fair, because Macbeth believes that there is no way for a forest to move. It is truly foul because the English Army, later in the book, cuts down the Birnam Forest down and use it as cover while they moved towards the Dunsinane hill. The reality of the situation is Macbeth is once again putting his trust in the witches prophecies. The third apparition states “Macbeth shall never vanquished be until/Great Birnam Wood to Dunsinane Hill/Shall

He procedes to tell Macbeth that he will not be vanquished until “Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him”. In the end, this proves to be true as this is how his enemies advance upon him at the final battle on Dunsinane Hill, hidden in trees cut from Birnam Wood. The fourth and final apparition shows an image of a procession of eight future kings, the last king holding a mirror, and then Banquo smiling