FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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No man born of a woman can hurt Macbeth
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Macbeth shall never have children
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Beware the Thane of Fife (Macduff)
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Macbeth will not be defeated until the woods move to Dunsinane Hill
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Detailed explanation-1: -Q. What is NOT one of the three warnings that the witches gave Macbeth in this scene? B. Macbeth shall never have children because he already had one who died.
Detailed explanation-2: -At a banquet, Macbeth is haunted by visions of Banquo’s ghost in front of all his guests. Macbeth visits the witches and they tell him-the only person he needs to beware of is Macduff, no one a woman has given birth to can harm him and he won’t be defeated until Birnam Wood moves.
Detailed explanation-3: -In this line in Act IV, Macduff is stating that he cannot be fully revenged upon Macbeth, since Macbeth does not have any children. Malcolm tells Macduff to avenge his slaughtered family by defeating Macbeth.
Detailed explanation-4: -No such ambiguity occurs in the response of the Witches to Macbeth: He is Thane of Glamis, he is Thane of Cawdor, and he shall be King.
Detailed explanation-5: -Here, Macbeth encounters three apparitions: a severed head, a bloody child, and a royal child holding a tree. Each of them respectively represents Macbeth himself, his childish naivete, and Malcolm’s offensive from the Birnam Wood.