ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: Macbeth claims that he found the men covered in King Duncan’s blood. Overwrought with grief and guided by a desire to avenge his king, Macbeth killed them.

Detailed explanation-2: -Macduff discovers the body, and Macbeth kills the guards, explaining the act as his overwrought response to their unjust offense. Duncan’s sons realize their danger and decide that Malcolm will go to England and Donalbain will go to Ireland. (iii.)

Detailed explanation-3: -Why does Macbeth believe he needs to kill King Duncan? Macbeth believes he needs to kill King Duncan because he sees the king’s son, Malcolm, as a threat to the throne.

Detailed explanation-4: -Act 2, Scene 2 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth presents the murder of King Duncan-the key event that propels Macbeth on to greatness as well as doom. In this scene, the Macbeths meet in their castle at night, immediately after Macbeth has stabbed the sleeping Duncan to death.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.