ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In Elizabethan theater, ____ was especially important because there were no elaborate special effects, lighting, or sets.
A
blank verse
B
imagery
C
stage makeup
D
costuming
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Describe How did the Elizabethan theater experience provide a full reflection of English society? Because Elizabethan audiences varied greatly, playwrights had to write works that pleased nobles, lawyers, merchants, and vagabonds alike.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ambition. Although he is encouraged by the Witches, Macbeth’s true downfall is his own ambition. Lady Macbeth is as ambitious as her husband, encouraging him to commit murder to achieve their goals. Both Macbeths fail to see how their ambition makes them cross moral lines and will lead to their downfall.

Detailed explanation-3: -Macduff’s son is viewed as a symbol of the youthful innocence Macbeth hates and fears, and the scene has been compared by one critic to the biblical Massacre of the Innocents. He is described as an “egg” by his murderer, further emphasising on his youth before his imminent death.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is the main message of The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 1, which includes Lady Macbeth’s sleepwalking scene? A guilty conscience is not easily mended.

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