Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Birnam Wood

Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until
Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane hill
Shall come against him.

- MacBeth, William Shakespeare

Is it 20/20 hindsight that makes me think Monty Python is somehow foreshadowed in this passage? I'm thinking of all those lively legs shuffling forward while the top halves are held very still.