In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the witches show Macbeth an apparition which tells him that he will not be defeated until Birnam Wood marches to Dunsinane. Macbeth, upon hearing this, feels relieved as he understands that it is impossible for the trees in the woods to march from one place to another. However, when Macduff and his army are coming to Dunsinane to fight Macbeth, they cut off branches from trees to hide behind them as they march towards Macbeth's castle. Because the army was hiding behind the branches, it looked like the trees were marching from Birnam to Dunsinane. In this manner, the prophecy was fulfilled.
Match the achievement or identifying characteristic to the person.
1. perfected the sonnet form in the country of its origin - 5. Petrarch
2. addressed his poems to Stella - 9. Sidney
3. wrote sonnets on religious themes - 7. Donne
4. Shakespeare's wife - 3. Anne Hathaway
5. introduced the printing press to England - 4. William Caxton
6. acting group to which Shakespeare belonged - 2. King's Men
7. wrote 154 sonnets - 6. Shakespeare
8. created a rhyme scheme different from that used in the English or Italian sonnet - 1. Spencer
9. wrote essays in an age of poetry - 8. Francis Bacon
This led to
explaination- it’s the only answer choice stating that one thing led to another