ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What are the witches doing as Act 4, Scene 1 opens?
A
making a potion
B
casting spells
C
changing
D
all of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Macbeth meets up with the witches, who are busy making potions and casting spells.

Detailed explanation-2: -Synopsis: 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: -What are the witches doing as the scene opens? Summoning the ghost of Banquo to them.

Detailed explanation-4: -In a desolate place blasted by thunderstorms, Three Witches meet to predict the future.

Detailed explanation-5: -The witches gather on the moor and cast a spell as Macbeth and Banquo arrive. The witches hail Macbeth first by his title Thane of Glamis, then as Thane of Cawdor and finally as king. They then prophesy that Banquo’s children will become kings. Macbeth demands to know more but the witches vanish.

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