ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Devises the murder of King Duncan
A
the witches
B
Macbeth
C
Lady Macbeth
D
Lady Macduff
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Lady Macbeth is the one who lays out the plan to get Duncan’s chamberlains drunk so she and her husband can kill Duncan in his sleep. Then, she says, they will smear blood on Duncan’s men to make them appear to be murderers. Duncan is murdered in his bedchamber while he sleeps.

Detailed explanation-2: -Then she tells him her plan: while Duncan sleeps, she will give his chamberlains wine to make them drunk, and then she and Macbeth can slip in and murder Duncan. They will smear the blood of Duncan on the sleeping chamberlains to cast the guilt upon them.

Detailed explanation-3: -Macbeth begins to doubt the plan and has hallucinations of a floating dagger. He sneaks into King Duncan’s chamber and murders him. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth frame the servants and both get their hands bloody. Two Scottish noblemen, Macduff and Lennox, arrive to visit King Duncan and discover his body.

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