FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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“Treacherous rebel! Despised rogue!”
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“Nobless’ Thane of Cawdor”
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“My Precious Lord!”
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“Valiant Cousin! Worthy Gentleman”
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Detailed explanation-1: -What does Duncan call Macbeth when he hears Macbeth has defeated Macdonwald? He calls him “valiant Cousin! Worthy gentleman!” This is ironic, being said to the man who will be his murderer.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cuts off his head and places it on the battlements. What new title does Macbeth receive early in Act I?
Detailed explanation-3: -Duncan, acknowledging his champion, calls him valiant cousin and noble Macbeth (I. 2.24 and I. 2.70). In Act I there is only one reservation expressed about Macbeth’s character, and in different circumstances it could be considered a compliment.
Detailed explanation-4: -The captain, who was wounded helping Duncan’s son Malcolm escape capture by the Irish, replies that the Scottish generals Macbeth and Banquo fought with great courage and violence. The captain then describes for Duncan how Macbeth slew the traitorous Macdonwald.
Detailed explanation-5: -Overjoyed at the news, Duncan decides to bestow Cawdor’s title on Macbeth, and to execute the former thane. Macbeth and his fellow Captain, Banquo, encounter the three withes, who hail Macbeth as Thane of Glamis, of Cawdor and as ‘King hereafter’.