Make all our trumpets speak; give them all breath,
Those clamorous harbingers of blood and death.
– William Shakespeare
Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 6. Macduff calls for the trumpets to sound the advance of Malcolm’s army on Dunsinane Castle, where Macbeth is staying. Shakespeare personifies the trumpets, giving them breath and the power of speech. He also describes them as the announcers of blood and death, foreshadowing Macbeth’s death.