FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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heal the sick
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defeat Macbeth
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see the truth
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speak his mind
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Detailed explanation-1: -Edward the Confessor, who ruled from 1042 to 1066, was the first English king to cure the king’s evil with his touch. He anointed a sick woman’s throat with water and made the sign of the cross above it.
Detailed explanation-2: -In Britain, reference to the monarch as having divine power in “the royal touch” dates to the 11th century, when it was believed that Edward the Confessor, last of the Anglo-Saxon kings, possessed powers to heal the sick through some form of laying on of hands.
Detailed explanation-3: -What does Malcolm say king Edward is able to do? He has a cure and can heal people with his touch.
Detailed explanation-4: -Edward the Confessor, the English King in Macbeth, was the first to practice this “cure*. *” In *Macbeth, * the Doctor says heaven has given King Edward’s hand “sanctity” (4.3.
Detailed explanation-5: -King Edward of England Malcolm then after comments it is “a most miraculous work in this good king.” He is a good and caring king who chooses to help Malcolm and Macduff in their problems. He generously provides them with the army force that need to win their battle.