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Through the references to previous events in the play, and the foreshadowing to future events, this passage foreshadows Macbeth's death. "What is the night?" A simple question, yet it holds so much more in reference to this play. Duncan was killed in the night, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth had bouts of insanity at night, Banquo was killed at night. Everything bad has happened at night. This question is a reference to the time that Macbeth will eventually be killed. Malcolm's army will sneak up at night on the castle, and end the bloodshed at the same time that it started, night. A part of Malcolm's plan for the night was to have his troops take a branch from Byrnum woods. The line "trees to speak" is foreshadowing to this exact events. The prophecy from the witches spoke of Byrnum woods coming to Dunsinane. This came true, and the branches that were used metaphorically spoke of Macbeth's imminent death. Malcolm, Duncan's son, is the literal blood of Duncan, and the line "blood will have blood" is proven true in how Malcolm will one day have the blood of Macbeth. This line was even spoken after the murder of Banquo, which shows how even subconsciously, Macbeth accepts that what he has done is wrong, and that more blood will be shed.