Naturalised Hierarchy

Write a paragraph in which you analyse the way in which the reader is positioned to understand the naturalized hierarchy in the play through references to the natural world. Use quotations and reference correctly.

In the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, the reader is positioned to view the naturalised hierarchy as the natural order in the play through the use of references to the natural world.  The play positions the reader to see that this hierarchy is the most fitting and the only one that there is in the natural world. The audience is able to understand that this is the case through the character of Macbeth and his actions that effect the natural world. Before Macbeth kills Duncan he is awarded for being brave and a resilient soldier who defends his King and country. However, once he kills the King and destroys the natural hierarchy the natural world is disturbed. The play presents to the reader that the natural world is changing by saying,  “by the clock, ‘tis day, and yet dark night stangles the travelling lamp (2.4.7-8). The play also presents that due to the naturalized hierarchy changing that wildlife in the natural world is also changing, “A falcon tow’ring in her pride of place, was by a mousing owl hawk’d at and kill’d (2.4.14-15).  However, once Malcolm becomes King after Macbeths demise, the audience can see that the natural hierarchy is restored as the natural order is restored resulting in the world returning to normal.