Nature in Macbeth plays a very important role in the sense of emphasizing the strangeness, setting the mood, and representing good vs evil. Without nature, the play wouldn’t have been as symbolic as it is.
In the beginning of the play, Macbeth’s mission to take the throne from King Duncan caused the natural order of life to be unbalanced. With every event that happens, there is an equal and opposite reaction for it, creating a domino effect. When King Duncan is murdered, Shakespeare uses birds to represent how odd things are after the event. In act 2, scene 4 Ross and the old man are having a conversation about how things have gone crazy after King Duncan’s death; the old man replied to Ross’ question about the day