FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Ross
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Captain
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Porter
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Menteith
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Porter of Hell Gate The porter then makes an act of the imagination: “If a man were Porter of Hell Gate, he should have old turning the key.” And he proceeds to imagine himself the porter of the gate of hell itself.
Detailed explanation-3: -A drunken porter, answering the knocking at the gate, plays the role of a devil-porter at the gates of hell. He admits Macduff and Lennox, who have come to wake Duncan. Macbeth appears and greets them. Macduff exits to wake Duncan, then returns to announce Duncan’s murder.
Detailed explanation-4: -A porter hears knocking at the gate of Macbeth’s castle. It’s Macduff and Lennox, who have come to rouse Duncan. Macbeth arrives and tells them the king is still sleeping. Macduff heads off to wake the king, and promptly returns, screaming bloody murder.