FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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The drunken porter scene serves all of the following functions EXCEPT
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to allow actors time to clean up and prepare for the next scene.
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to provide comic relief.
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to introduce new information about Duncan’s murder.
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to bring Macduff and Lennox into the action of the play.
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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 Porter is the gate-keeper to the Macbeth’s castle, and jokes about being the keeper to ‘the gates of hell’. He’s a very heavy drinker, and provides important comic relief amidst the play’s intense tragic momentum.
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