ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Identify the speaker of the following lines:"What hands are here? ha! They pluck out mine eyes.”
A
Fleance
B
Macbeth
C
Macduff
D
Lady Macbeth
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -they pluck out mine eyes. The multitudinous seas in incarnadine, Making the green one red.” Macbeth speaks these lines immediately after murdering the king.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hyperbole (Gr. Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement. “What hands are here? ha! they pluck out mine eyes.

Detailed explanation-3: -After the murder, Macbeth stares at his red hands in horror and says “What hands are here? Ha! They pluck out mine eyes/Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood/Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather/The multitudinous seas incarnadine, /Making the green one red.” We see such images all the way through.

Detailed explanation-4: -Alliteration occurs as the witches chant: Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. In the cauldron boil and bake.

Detailed explanation-5: -William Shakespeare uses similes, metaphors, personification, and allusions in Macbeth. In addition, he uses sound devices such as alliteration and assonance to appeal to his audience.

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