FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Cut off branches and hold them up
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Hold their swords up as they march in
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Sing a chant so Macbeth can hear them arriving
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To be silent so that no one can hear them approaching the castle
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Detailed explanation-1: -As they approach the forest, Malcolm instructs the soldiers to cut off branches and hold them up in order to disguise their numbers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Synopsis: The rebel Scottish forces have joined Malcolm’s army at Birnam Wood. Malcolm orders each soldier to cut down and carry a bough from the Wood so as to conceal their numbers from Macbeth.
Detailed explanation-3: -With military foresight, Malcolm orders each soldier to cut a branch and carry it in front of him as camouflage “to shadow the numbers of our host”-that is, to conceal the actual size of the advancing army.
Detailed explanation-4: -Malcolm suggests that his army cut down branches from Birnam Wood and hold them up to remain hidden as they march towards Macbeth’s castle. The 3rd apparition said that Macbeth will only be defeated when Birnam Wood marches towards him and when the soldiers hold the branches it will look like the woods are marching.
Detailed explanation-5: -In the country near Birnam Wood, Malcolm talks with the English lord Siward and his officers about Macbeth’s plan to defend the fortified castle. They decide that each soldier should cut down a bough of the forest and carry it in front of him as they march to the castle, thereby disguising their numbers.