ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ says that Macbeth won’t be defeated until Birnam Wood marches to Macbeth’s castle.
A
the bloody child
B
Banquo’s ghost
C
the armed head
D
the child with a crown and a tree branch
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The child says that “no man of woman born / Shall harm Macbeth ” (lines 9596). Finally a child wearing a crown and holding a tree appears. It says that Macbeth will not be defeated until Great Birnam Wood marches to Dunsinane Hill . Macbeth is pleased: since forests don’t march, he must be invincible.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ghost-child told Macbeth that he’ll never be vanquished/defeated until the woods at Great Birnam move to Dunsinane Hill.

Detailed explanation-3: -These apparitions instruct Macbeth to beware Macduff but reassure him that no man born of woman can harm him and that he will not be overthrown until Birnam Wood moves to Dunsinane.

Detailed explanation-4: -No man born to a women can harm Macbeth and will not be defeat till until Great Birnam Wood marches to fight against him". Macduff leaves his castle and later he finds out that his wife and son are killed. Then the setting is now in England and Macduff and Malcolm speak about bad things that are coming to Scotland.

Detailed explanation-5: -82–83) and “Macbeth shall never vanquished be until / Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill / Shall come against him” (4.1. 96–98). Macbeth interprets such prophecies literally. He reasons that since all men are born from women and woods can’t move, he is invincible.

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