FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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The forest is being relocated to make way for construction of a new castle.
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The woods seem to move when a tornado blows the tree limbs about in the forest.
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The forest is being cut down as the army searches for bodies hidden in the woods around the castle.
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Soldiers cause the forest to move when they carry branches to conceal their location.
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the attack against Macbeth, the soldier are ordered to grab branches and pretend to be trees. In this way the Birnam Wood actually moves toward the castle against Macbeth, fulfilling the prophecy So in a way the trees are reacting to Macbeth.
Detailed explanation-2: -A messenger enters with astonishing news: the trees of Birnam Wood are advancing toward Dunsinane. Enraged and terrified, Macbeth recalls the prophecy that said he could not die till Birnam Wood moved to Dunsinane. Resignedly, he declares that he is tired of the sun and that at least he will die fighting.
Detailed explanation-3: -The English army, led and abetted by Macbeth’s antagonists, conspire against him in Birnam Wood. It is here they decide to chop down the forest in order to use its branches as camouflage. Each soldier cuts down a bough and carries it in front of him.
Detailed explanation-4: -82–83) and “Macbeth shall never vanquished be until / Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill / Shall come against him” (4.1. 96–98). Macbeth interprets such prophecies literally. He reasons that since all men are born from women and woods can’t move, he is invincible.