ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In Act II, Scene 2, Macbeth says:“I’ll go no more. I am afraid to think what I have done; Look on ‘t again I dare not.” What is this in response to?
A
Lady Macbeth telling him to make sure the king is really dead.
B
Lady Macbeth telling him to return the daggers to the guards so they can frame them for the murder.
C
Lady Macbeth asking him to get rid of the body of the king.
D
Lady Macbeth asking him to kill the guards
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Macbeth is haunted by the knowledge that he will never again rest easy in his own bed: “Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor / Shall sleep no more, Macbeth shall sleep no more!” (41-42).

Detailed explanation-2: -Lady Macbeth That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold; What hath quenched them hath given me fire. Hark, peace.

Detailed explanation-3: -"Dagger of the mind” can read in two ways. First, there’s the literal contrast of tangible reality and Macbeth’s imagination. Second, you have metaphor of Macbeth’s guilt-and doubt-manifesting itself as a vision as he waits upon the signal from his wife. False in this context plays upon a number of meanings.

Detailed explanation-4: -RALPH: As Macbeth puts it: “Present fears are less than horrible imaginings”. DAVINA: In other words, the real situations we face, no matter how threatening, are not as horrible as the things we can imagine. RALPH: Macbeth’s “fantasy”, his imaginings of the future, are smothering his ability to function in the present.

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