FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The earthquake
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Fires staring out of nowhere
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The eclipse
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Duncan’s horses eating each other
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Detailed explanation-1: -Macbeth shows this connection between the political and natural world: when Macbeth disrupts the social and political order by murdering Duncan and usurping the throne, nature goes haywire. Incredible storms rage, the earth tremors, animals go insane and eat each other.
Detailed explanation-2: -Duncan’s horses become uncontrollable and, apparently, eat each other. Shakespeare allows his audience to see that when God’s appointed representative is murdered, the whole of nature is disturbed.
Detailed explanation-3: -On his way to killing the king, Macbeth sees an imaginary dagger and delivers a speech. During the speech, he says “o’er one half of the world, nature seems dead.” This refers to the fact that the natural order is dying, he is going to kill the king and bring the natural way of things down with him.
Detailed explanation-4: -Enter Macduff: As Ross and the Old Man are marveling at the fact that King Duncan’s horses ate one another, Macduff appears.