FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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The army betrays Macbeth and is planning to overthrow him.
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The army joins the approaching English army that is being led by Malcolm.
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The army obeys and loves Macbeth and they’ll “go down with the sinking ship” with him.
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The army obeys Macbeth, but the soldiers don’t love him as much as Duncan was loved.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What does the audience learn in Scene 2 about Macbeth’s army? Is the army loyal to him? The army betrays Macbeth and is planning to overthrow him. The army joins the approaching English army that is being led by Malcolm.
Detailed explanation-2: -All of Macbeth’s soldiers are only following orders because he is king and they are loyal to the throne not him.
Detailed explanation-3: -None of the soldiers are loyal to Macbeth now that they know he is wrong. They want him off of the throne and they feel he no longer belongs.
Detailed explanation-4: -Scene 2 establishes the opposing idea of order and the related theme of orderly or honorable behavior. Duncan himself is established as a figurehead of order who honors the valor of the bleeding captain and, in two grand rhyming couplets at the end of the scene, pronounces his favor of Macbeth.
Detailed explanation-5: -Act 1 Scene 2 Ross arrives from Fife with further news of victory. The Norwegian king is pleading for a peace treaty and has paid a ransom, while the rebellious Thane of Cawdor has been captured. Duncan sentences Cawdor to ‘present death’ and tells Ross to ‘greet Macbeth’ with his ‘former title’.