FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In England, Duncan’s son Malcolm tests the loyalty of his newest recruit, Macduff. By demeaning his own nobility and professing himself to be a greater tyrant than Macbeth, Malcolm hopes to goad Macduff into an open display of his loyalties.
Detailed explanation-2: -MALCOLM: That may be true, but this tyrant, I refuse to even say his name, was once considered an honest man. You, Macduff, left him. So far, he’s done nothing to you. And if you gave me up to him, it might be a way of getting on Macbeth’s good side.
Detailed explanation-3: -Macduff says, “Oh, Scotland, Scotland!” Why? Malcolm has just told him what a horrid king he (Malcolm) would be if he were on the throne instead of Macbeth. Given a choice, then, between Malcolm and Macbeth, he gravely fears for his country’s future.
Detailed explanation-4: -After describing himself as the worst possible person on the face of the earth, Malcolm then asks Macduff if someone like him is fit to govern. “Fit to govern! / No, not to live” (4.3. 102-103), Macduff bursts out. Then he laments the fate of Scotland and wonders that such a bad man could come from such good parents.