Paġna ġdida: ''The Tragedy of Macbeth'' (magħrufa popolarment bħala ''Macbeth'') huwa dramm ta' William Shakespeare li jitratta reġiċidju (qtil ta' re) u x'ġara wara. Hija l-iqsar tra...
Macduff jiġi infurmat li "castle is surprised; [his] wife and babes / Savagely slaughter'd." Macbeth, issa meqjus bħala tirann, ħafna minn niesu ħallewh. Malcolm imexxi armata, flimkien ma' Macduff u Siward (the Elder), Earl of Northumberland, kontra Dunsinane Castle. Meta kienu kkampjati f'Birnam Wood, is-suldati jiġu ordnati jaqtgħu u jġorru l-friegħi tas-siġar biex jaħbu n-numru tagħhom u hekk titwettaq it-tielet profezija tas-sħaħar. Macbeth jagħmel il-famuż monologu "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow" kif jisma' bil-mewt ta' Lady Macbeth (probabilment suwiċidju għax Malcolm jgħid fuqha "'tis thought, by self and violent hands / Took off her life").
AIl-battalja battletilħaq culminatesil-quċċata intagħha thebil-qtil slayingtaż-żagħżugħ ofSiward theu youngl-konfrontazzjoni Siward andbejn Macduff's confrontationwithu Macbeth. Macbeth boastsjiftaħar thatli hem'għandux hasminn noxiex reason tojibża' fearminn Macduff, forgħax hema cannotjistax be killedjinqatel "by any man born of woman". Macduff declaresjgħidlu thatli hehu waskien "from his mother's womb / Untimely ripp'd"[7] (i.e., borntwieled by Caesarean sectionb'ċesarja) andu wasma notkienx "of woman born" (aneżempju exampleta' of a literarysofiżma quibbleletterarja). Macbeth realizes too late that he has misinterpreted theMacduff witchesjaqta' words. Macduff beheadsras Macbeth offstageu andhekk thereby fulfills the last oftitwettaq thel-aħħar propheciesprofezija.
AlthoughGħalkemm Malcolm, andu notmhux Fleance, isjieħu placed on the thronet-tron, the witches'il-profezija prophecytas-sħaħar concerninglil Banquo ("Thou shalt get kings") waskienet knownmagħrufa toli thekienet audiencevera ofgħall-udjenza Shakespeareta'stimeżmien to be trueShakespeare: James VI of Scotland tal-Iskozja(lateriktar alsotard James I of Englandtal-Ingilterra) waskien supposedlymeqjus abħala descendantdixxindent ofta' Banquo.
