Act 5 Scene 4.

Characters: Malcolm, Old siward and his son, Macduff, Menteth, Cathness, Angus, Lenox, Rosse, and soldiers.

Location: Country near Dunsinane. Next to Birnam forest.

Time: War time! (Nearly)

Events: The english army have arrived at Birnam forrest, and have decided to cut down the trees to use as camouflage to hide their true numbers. They also say Macbeth’s only hope is that the english army loses all their resources before they reach his castle.

Quote:”Let every hew him down a bough, and bear’t before him:” This is said by Siward as he tell everyone how they will camouflage them selves. This means that Birnam forest is coming to Dunsinane, making the witches prophecy begin to become true. And the thing is, Macbeth doesn’t know this yet.

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