FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Thane of Cawdor
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Thane of Glamis
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Macbeth
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Captain
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cawdor has been executed for his betrayal of his king, and Duncan ’s son, Malcolm, reports that Cawdor went bravely to his death and confessed to all of his crimes. At this time, Duncan publically declares Malcolm to be his heir.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Thane of Cawdor has been discovered as a traitor and captured. Duncan sentences him to death and gives Macbeth his title.
Detailed explanation-3: -While the Captain is taken off for medical help, two thanes enter – Ross and Angus – and announce that Macbeth has also conquered the Norwegian army, including the Thane of Cawdor, a traitor. Overjoyed at the news, Duncan decides to bestow Cawdor’s title on Macbeth, and to execute the former thane.
Detailed explanation-4: -Thane of Cawdor is a disloyal traitor. His punishment is death.
Detailed explanation-5: -Malcolm tells him that the rebel Thane of Cawdor has just been executed, and that he had a good death. Cawdor confessed his treason, asked the King’s forgiveness, and went to his death willingly, so that “Nothing in his life / Became him like the leaving it” (1.4. 7-8).