FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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she wants him to leave
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she plans to murder him
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he arranged to see her hastily
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he criticized her to other characters
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Detailed explanation-1: -Duncan thanking Lady Macbeth for her hospitality is an example of dramatic irony because the audience knows she plans to murder Duncan, but Duncan does not know her intentions.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why is Duncan’s reference to Lady Macbeth as a “noble hostess” in Scene 6, line 24 of this tragedy an example of drastic irony? You know Lady Macbeth plans to murder him. What do both the summary of Scene 7 and the sidetone for lines 1-10 of this drama tell you? Macbeth has second thoughts about the plan.
Detailed explanation-3: -Duncan’s speech on his arrival at Inverness is heavy with dramatic irony: Not only is the “seat” (the surroundings) of the castle “pleasant, ” but even the air is sweeter than that to which the king is accustomed. The presence of the martlet (a summer bird) serves to heighten the irony.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lady Macbeth’s original plan is to get King Duncan’s chamberlains so drunk that they pass out and then frame them for King Duncan’s murder by having Macbeth leave two bloody daggers in their hands. The plan goes well until Macbeth fails to leave the bloody daggers by the drunken men.
Detailed explanation-5: -The word ‘double’ also links Lady Macbeth to the evil of the witches-they use the word repeatedly in one of their spells. Lady Macbeth seems to go from being someone with no conscience at all to someone who is overwhelmed by feelings of guilt.