ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What did Macduff discover when he entered the castle?
A
a note containing the outline of a plot to kill Duncan
B
an unlocked gate and a drunk porter
C
another omen ____ dead flowers in the garden
D
Duncan’s body
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Not too long after, Macduff finds Duncan’s body and comes running back, screaming that Duncan is dead. He awakens the entire house, including Banquo, Duncan’s sons-Malcolm and Donalbain, and Lady Macbeth.

Detailed explanation-2: -Macduff emerges from the castle and tells Ross that Macbeth has been made king by the other lords, and that he now rides to Scone to be crowned. Macduff adds that the chamberlains seem the most likely murderers, and that they may have been paid off by someone to kill Duncan.

Detailed explanation-3: -What did Macduff discover? Macduff discovered Duncan’s body. Macduff says, “Oh, gentle lady, ‘Tis not for you to hear what I can speak. The repetition, in a woman’s ear, Would murder as it fell.” What is ironic about this?

Detailed explanation-4: -In Act 2, Scene 3 of Macbeth, Macduff and Lennox come to fetch the king. Macduff finds King Duncan murdered in his bed. Lennox accuses Duncan’s attendants, who are covered in blood and holding daggers, of the King’s murder. Macbeth announces that he killed the attendants out of love for King Duncan.

Detailed explanation-5: -Macbeth shows Macduff to Duncan’s chambers, where he uncovers the horrible murder. They sound alarms which wake all the sleeping thanes and Lady Macbeth. Lennox tells Duncan’s sons that their father has been murdered by his guards, and Macbeth explains that he killed the guards out of ‘fury’.

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