ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
“The better part of valour is discretion” occurs in Shakespeare’s?
A
Hamlet
B
Twelfth Night
C
The Tempest
D
Henry IV, Pt I
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Caution is preferable to rash bravery. Said by Falstaff in King Henry the Fourth, Part One, by William Shakespeare.

Detailed explanation-2: -The line comes from Shakespeare’s play, Henry IV Part 1, Act V Scene 4. It’s spoken by Shakespeare’s popular knight, Sir John Falstaff, who appears in no fewer than four of his plays.

Detailed explanation-3: -The idea that “restraint is the better part of valor” was originally used in jest by the vain, boastful, and cowardly knight Falstaff in Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1 (Fig.

Detailed explanation-4: -We have got into a state in our industrial affairs where, in all cases, discretion is the better part of valour. I think that they have decided that discretion is the better part of valour and have not come along tonight.

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