ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Shakespeare chooses to include the scene with the Porter in scene 3 to demonstrate what?
A
Foreshadowing
B
Dramatic Irony
C
Comic Relief
D
Situational Irony
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Primarily, the Porter functions as comic relief by lessening the tension in the audience following the murder of King Duncan. The Porter also functions thematically by indicating that the gates to Macbeth’s home are synonymous to the gates of hell.

Detailed explanation-2: -The knocking continues, but the porter does not immediately open the door. Instead, he plays a game with himself in which he imagines himself as the porter of hell and jokes about the kind of sinners he might let in.

Detailed explanation-3: -In this scene, we meet Macbeth for the first time. The witches gather on the moor and cast a spell as Macbeth and Banquo arrive. The witches hail Macbeth first by his title Thane of Glamis, then as Thane of Cawdor and finally as king. They then prophesy that Banquo’s children will become kings.

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