ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The second vision tells Macbeth he cannot be defeated by:
A
any man
B
a stranger
C
anyone born from a woman
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Second Apparition: The Bloody Child ’ According to the apparition, Macbeth can’t be killed by anyone born from a woman. After this last pronouncement, Macbeth believes he has nothing to fear from Macduff and is home free.

Detailed explanation-2: -Macbeth approaches the witches to learn how to make his kingship secure. In response they summon for him three apparitions: an armed head, a bloody child, and finally a child crowned, with a tree in his hand.

Detailed explanation-3: -The First Apparition: “Beware Macduff; Beware the Thane of Fife.” The Second Apparition: “none of women born Shall harm Macbeth."

Detailed explanation-4: -The child says that “no man of woman born / Shall harm Macbeth” (lines 9596). Finally a child wearing a crown and holding a tree appears. It says that Macbeth will not be defeated until Great Birnam Wood marches to Dunsinane Hill. Macbeth is pleased: since forests don’t march, he must be invincible.

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