FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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Warn others of the thane of Cawdor’s treachery.
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Inform others of the thane of Cawdor’s death.
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Tell Macbeth that he is the new thane of Cawdor.
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Command Macbeth to kill the thane of Cawdor.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Act 1, scene 2 Duncan, king of Scotland, hears an account of the success in battle of his noblemen Macbeth and Banquo . Duncan orders the execution of the rebel thane of Cawdor and sends messengers to announce to Macbeth that he has been given Cawdor’s title.
Detailed explanation-2: -In scene ii, what does Duncan order Ross to do? Duncan orders Ross to go give Macbeth the title of Thane of Cawdor.
Detailed explanation-3: -Overjoyed at the news, Duncan decides to bestow Cawdor’s title on Macbeth, and to execute the former thane. Macbeth and his fellow Captain, Banquo, encounter the three withes, who hail Macbeth as Thane of Glamis, of Cawdor and as ‘King hereafter’.
Detailed explanation-4: -The king discovers the traitor, Thane of Cawdor, has been captured. Duncan sentences Cawdor death and tells Ross to give Macbeth the new title Thane of Cawdor.
Detailed explanation-5: -Ross, having just come from the king, tells Macbeth that Duncan bestows upon him the title of Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth is shocked because it seems to him that the witch’s prophecy has come true in part. This sets him wondering how the final part of the prophecy-Macbeth as king-might also come true.