FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Duncan had previously named him the successor.
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He was a war hero and proved himself worthy of the title.
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He was the only thane of proper age.
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Malcolm and Donalbain were absent.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Q. What best describes why Macbeth is being crowned king? Duncan had previously named him the successor. He was a war hero and proved himself worthy of the title.
Detailed explanation-2: -Malcolm and Donalbain flee from Scotland to England after their father’s murder because they are afraid that whoever killed their father will kill them next.
Detailed explanation-3: -Macbeth kills the “guilty” servants as punishment as King Duncan’s sons, Malcolm and Donalbain arrive. Believing that their own lives are in danger, Duncan’s sons flee the court; Malcolm to England and Donalbain to Ireland. Their decision to run away makes them the prime suspects and King Duncan is buried.
Detailed explanation-4: -What does Macbeth suggest about Malcolm and Donalbain a.k.a. “the bloody cousins"? He suggests they were the ones who actually murdered King Duncan. “We hear our bloody cousins are bestowed/ In England and in Ireland, not confessing/ Their cruel parricide, filling their hearers/ With strange invention.
Detailed explanation-5: -Although King Duncan’s eldest son Malcolm was declared heir, his fleeing incriminated him for his father’s murder, as with his brother Donalbain. As a high-ranking thane (of both Cawdor and Glamis), and being a cousin of King Duncan, Macbeth is selected as his successor.