Macbeth
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20151207-ecuadors-mysterious-walking-trees
I thought that the prophecies of the witches were handled like a prophecy from an oracle in Greek literature. Where it was by some unthinkable actions and word play that eventually lead to the prophecies coming true. That lead to the whole theme of free will. I enjoyed how the witches prophesied that he would die when the woods moved to Dunsinane Hill. That came true because the soldiers brought the woods to him to hide the number of soldiers. The prophesy that Macbeth wouldn't be killed by a man born from woman came true in a weird way, where "Macduff was from his mother's womb untimely ripped" (5, 8, 19-20). He really should have heeded the first prophesy that said to beware Macduff.
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