ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
As Lady Macbeth awaits Macbeth at the beginning of scene 2, she is feeling
A
Convinced of failure
B
Ambitious
C
Jumpy
D
Uncertain
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Lady Macbeth at first tries to steady her husband, but she becomes angry when she notices that he has forgotten to leave the daggers with the sleeping chamberlains so as to frame them for Duncan’s murder.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lady Macbeth’s ambition appears unchecked and she is the driving force behind the murder of Duncan. She pursues her ambition with a great determination. She willingly seeks evil to aid her in her objective and asks evil to fill her from the crown to the top-full / Of direst cruelty (I. 5.40–1).

Detailed explanation-3: -Lady Macbeth dismisses his fears and sees that he has brought the guards’ daggers with him, rather than planting them at the scene of the crime. She tells him to return the daggers but he refuses and Lady Macbeth goes instead.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lady Macbeth is even more ambitious and ruthless than her husband. As soon as an opportunity to gain power presents itself, she has a plan in mind. She uses her influence to persuade Macbeth that they are taking the right course of action and even takes part in the crime herself.

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