ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Lady Macbeth’s plan to kill Duncan includes which of the following:
A
getting the guards drunk
B
poisoning Duncan.
C
strangling Duncan in his sleep.
D
pushing Duncan from the tower.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Lady Macbeth enters and berates her husband when he tells her he no longer wants to go through with the murder. She tells him her plan: they will get Duncan’s guards drunk and, while they are sleeping, sneak in to kill the king. They will then smear the blood on the guards to implicate them.

Detailed explanation-2: -Trying to psych her husband up for some regicide, she tells him he’s not much of a man if he can’t find the courage to kill the king. Then she hatches a plan: they’ll wait until Duncan’s asleep, get his servants drunk, kill the king in his bed, and blame it on the servants.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -She tells Macbeth that once Duncan is asleep, she’ll get his servants so drunk that they pass out. Then she and Macbeth can kill Duncan and blame his servants for the killing. Lady Macbeth’s plan is good enough to convince Macbeth to change his mind and agree to kill Duncan. My father as he slept, I had done’t.

Detailed explanation-5: -Lady Macbeth drugged the guards’ hot drinks and took their daggers, leaving them where Macbeth would find them.

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