ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
“Then, prophetlike, /They hailed him father to a line of kings./Upon my head theyplaced a fruitless crown/And put a barren scepter in my grip ____ “
A
Macbeth
B
Lady Macbeth
C
Banquo
D
Lennox
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Macbeth says, “They hailed him father to a line of kings, /Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown/And put a barren specter in my grip, /Thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand, /No son of mine succeeding” (65-69).

Detailed explanation-2: -"Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown, and put a barren scepter in my gripe, Thence to be wrenched from an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding.” Macbeth: Means that he cannot have children( barren scepter, unlineal hand)

Detailed explanation-3: -Macbeth is saying that he has a a fruitless crown meaning he has no children to carry on the crown and that he is holding a barren scepter.

Detailed explanation-4: -The fruitless crown and the barren sceptre become like a dead tree, in the wasteland that Macbeth is now creating. Thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand, to be torn away by a stranger, no one of my own blood, no son of mine succeeding.

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