fter Malcolm has tested Macduff's loyalty, welcomes his aid in recovering the throne of Scotland. This motion is toughened by the terrible news that the tyrant, Macbeth, has slain the Lady Macduff and her children.In Macbeth's castle of Dunsinane, Lady Macbeth has her mind soaring emotionally with her transgressions; she starts walking and talking in her sleep. She tells her doctor about the crimes in which she and her husband have committed. Macbeth is torn between caring for his wife and preparing to drive off the English invaders, which he was informed were approaching rapidly. The English forces under the leadership of Malcolm and Siward, Earl of Northumberland, combined with the Scottish forces near Birnam Wood. To cover up their numbers and their movements Malcolm orders each soldier to cut and carry a branch. Macbeth is told that Birnam Wood is moving against him. With this message, also comes the report that the Queen has died. Hopeless, the King rushes to battle, determined to die with harness on his back. He kills young Siward, son of the English general, and then comes face to face with Macduff, the man whom he has avoided the most. Macbeth's last confidence upon the witches' charms disappears when his opponent tells him that he is not of woman born but was "from his mother's womb untimely ripp'd." Fighting hopelessly but to a great extent, the tyrant Macbeth falls before his avenger's sword. At the feet of Malcolm and Macduff lays Macbeth's head. Macduff is the first to hail Malcolm, as the young monarch as King of Scotland.Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is a tragic play written about a general in the King's army who wants to be in power. The tragedy is a backstabbing, concentrated, and distressing study of desire. The characters of Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth, provide the play with two strong roles long regarded as attractive vehicles for the leading actors of the world. Personally, I like...
