ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
As a result of the visions Macbeth sees from the witches, he decides to:
A
Find and kill Fleance.
B
Kill Macduff’s wife and children.
C
Replace all of his thanes.
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -As a result of the visions Macbeth sees from the witches, he decides to: Find and kill Fleance .

Detailed explanation-2: -Macbeth kills Macduff’s family to punish him and to deter him from fighting against Macbeth. Macbeth orders Macduff’s family killed after he receives the second set of prophecies from the witches.

Detailed explanation-3: –Macbeth, upon hearing that Macduff has fled to England, determines to kill Macduff’s family. He justifies himself by saying that from now on he will follow his first impulse, because if he had followed his first impulse, Macduff would already be dead.

Detailed explanation-4: -Macbeth decides to kill Macduff to protect himself and takes the witches’ words to mean he is safe from all men since they are all born naturally. Macbeth then forcefully requests to know the future of Banquo’s descendants. His bubble is bursted finding out his sons still won’t be king.

Detailed explanation-5: -Lady Macduff is a character in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. She is married to Lord Macduff, the Thane of Fife. Her appearance in the play is brief: she and her son are introduced in Act IV Scene II, a climactic scene that ends with both of them being murdered on Macbeth’s orders.

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