FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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horse
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owl
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wolf
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lady Macbeth has just heard an owl shriek. According to medieval folklore, this foretold an imminent death.
Detailed explanation-2: -The owl is a symbol of death and is used in many instances to portray evil and darkness. Here, the sound of the owl marks the death of Duncan, alarming Lady Macbeth that the Macbeth has already committed the deed.
Detailed explanation-3: -Obviously, the falcon symbolizes King Duncan, who is at the height of his majestic authority (after the recent victory of Scotland) and sits on the throne like a falcon towering in pride. Macbeth represents the owl because he has killed the King at night, just as an owl hunts its prey at night.
Detailed explanation-4: -Folger Shakespeare Library. Owls were bad omens for Shakespeare and his contemporaries. The general of the French forces, facing an English emissary in Henry VI, Part 1, calls him “Thou ominous and fearful owl of death, / Or nation’s terror and their bloody scourge!” (4.2.
Detailed explanation-5: -Owls don’t usually hunt falcons, because falcons are much bigger than owls. This sentence has a deep symbolic meaning: the falcon represents Duncan, while the owl represents Macbeth. As a matter of fact, Macbeth kills a person that is much more important and powerful than him.