ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Some say he’s mad, others that lesser hate him do call it valiant fury. What does valiant mean?
A
strong
B
courageous
C
crazy
D
mad
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Furthermore, Menteith’s metaphor portrays Macbeth as being so sick that he is grossly swollen, unable to put a belt around himself, unable to rule himself. Call it madness or valiant fury, Macbeth is out of control and in no shape to fight.

Detailed explanation-2: -Word: Valiant. Definition (P.O.S.): The act of being a hero; Adjective.

Detailed explanation-3: -15 Some say he’s mad, others that lesser hate him Do call it valiant fury. But, for certain, He cannot buckle his distempered cause Within the belt of rule. He is fortifying his castle at Dunsinane with strong defenses.

Detailed explanation-4: -This symbolically foreshadows Macbeth’s fate at the end of the play: because by ‘daring to do more’ with his murders of Duncan, Banquo and Macduff’s family, he ultimately dies, thereby losing his state as a ‘man’ and becomes, literally, no-one – ‘none’.

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