ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Lady Macbeth tells her husband THREE things in this short monologue. What is NOT something she tells him?
A
Wash the blood off your hands
B
Take the daggers back and smear the blood on the servants
C
Take a drink of water
D
Don’t ruin your courage by thinking about stupid things
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -She says, “If he [King Duncan] do bleed, / I’ll gild the faces of the grooms withal / For it must seem their guilt” (2.2.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Act 3, Scene 2, Lady Macbeth urges her husband to forget about the fact that they murdered King Duncan. But Macbeth tells her it’s not over. He is referring to the witches’ prophecy that revealed to Banquo that his son Fleance would be king.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lady Macbeth’s hand-washing is the sign of guilt. It speaks of a contamination that can never be washed away. This scene at the beginning of the play’s fifth act is Lady Macbeth’s swansong – as Verdi realised in his opera, giving her a gloriously controlled aria at this point.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lady Macbeth tells her husband that a little blood will wash away his crime in Scene 2.

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