ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What has been happening to Lady Macbeth since Banquo’s death?
A
She has been having hallucinations
B
She has been having horrible dreams
C
She has been followed by the ghost of Banquo
D
She has been sleepwalking
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Lady Macbeth has gone mad. Like her husband, she cannot find any rest, but she is suffering more clearly from a psychological disorder that causes her, as she sleepwalks, to recall fragments of the events of the murders of Duncan, Banquo, and Lady Macduff.

Detailed explanation-2: -What has been happening to Lady Macbeth since Baquo’s death? She has been sleepwalking.

Detailed explanation-3: -We learn from a doctor and an attendant to Lady Macbeth that the queen hasn’t been doing so well. According to the attendant, Lady Macbeth has been sleepwalking in the middle of the night, ever since Macbeth went back into the battlefield to defend his power.

Detailed explanation-4: -She sleepwalks off of the palace wall. She declares her own guilt and stabs herself with a knife. Macduff slays her in revenge for his own wife’s murder.

Detailed explanation-5: -What is Lady Macbeth’s mental state during the sleepwalking scene? Lady Macbeth’s sleepwalking indicates that she has a guilty conscience and is slowly losing her mind. The fact that she is washing imaginary blood from her hands reveals that she feels guilty for participating in King Duncan’s murder.

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