FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Macduff and his family
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Malcolm and Donalbain
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Edward and Siward
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Banquo and Fleance
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Detailed explanation-1: -He tells Banquo, “ We hear our bloody cousins are bestowed/ in England and in Ireland, not confessing/ their cruel parricide, filling their hearers/ with strange invention” (III, i, 33-36). Macbeth says that the murders have run instead of confessing to killing Duncan, but they did not commit the crime.
Detailed explanation-2: -We hear our bloody cousins are bestowed in England and in Ireland, not confessing their cruel parricide, filling their hearers with strange invention. (Macbeth to Banquo) Meaning: Duncan’s sons, Malcolm and Donalbain, the believed murderers, have hidden in England and Ireland.
Detailed explanation-3: -What does Macbeth suggest about Malcolm and Donalbain a.k.a. “the bloody cousins"? He suggests they were the ones who actually murdered King Duncan. “We hear our bloody cousins are bestowed/ In England and in Ireland, not confessing/ Their cruel parricide, filling their hearers/ With strange invention.
Detailed explanation-4: -What does Macbeth say the “bloody cousins” (Malcolm and Donalbain) are up to? That they are in England and Ireland, not confessing, but telling everyone lies of some kind.
Detailed explanation-5: -Macbeth also mentions that “our bloody cousins [Malcolm and Donalbain] are bestow’d / In England and in Ireland, not confessing / Their cruel parricide” (3.1. 29-31).