FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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Macbeth never saw the army approaching and wasn’t prepared for battle
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It showed the witches’ prophecy coming true
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It didn’t work
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It caused Lady Macbeth’s death
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Detailed explanation-1: -Macduff and Malcolm arrive in Scotland with an army. On their way to attack Macbeth’s castle they cut down branches from the trees in Birnam Wood to use as camouflage.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -What is the importance of the camouflage in Scene 4? Malcolm orders each soldier to break off a branch and hold it in front of them. That way they can conceal how many of them there are, and so Macbeth’s spies with him Macbeth inaccurate reports.
Detailed explanation-4: -Malcolm’s English army then marches into Scotland right to Macbeth’s castle, where the soldiers are told to cut down tree branches from Birnam Wood to camouflage themselves.
Detailed explanation-5: -What convinces Macbeth that the Witches’ prophecy is true? Macbeth becomes convinced that the Witches’ prophecy is true when Duncan names him Thane of Cawdor, which the Witches prophesied would happen.