FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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I am covered in so much blood from Banquo’s murder that I must wash before I am discovered.
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I have done so much wrong that taking it all back is just as difficult as moving forward and living with it.
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I have done so much wrong that I must start making the right choices to please God
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Interestingly, Macbeth’s first line in the play is “So foul and fair a day I have not seen” (1.3.36). This line echoes the witches’ words and establishes a connection between them and Macbeth. It also suggests that Macbeth is the focus of the drama’s moral confusion.
Detailed explanation-2: -"From this moment the very firstlings of my heart shall be the firstlings of my hand.” IV, i (146-148) p. 366. Meaning: From now on I will do whatever I feel like doing (kill all of the innocent people).
Detailed explanation-3: -Above all, Macbeth offers a glimpse of the tragic themes that seemed to obsess Shakespeare-the corrupting currents of power and ambition, the inevitability of time, the toxic intimacy of husbands and wives, blood that will have blood.
Detailed explanation-4: -Checkpoint. Why does Malcolm pretend he is more evil than Macbeth? He is testing Macduff’s integrity because – with all the spies and traitors that Macbeth has created – he is afraid that Macduff might be on Macbeth’s side.