ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the main message of Act V, Scene i, which includes Lady Macbeth’s sleepwalking scene?
A
Wives should be forgiven for their husbands’ misdeeds.
B
One is doomed to relive evil deeds.
C
Illness comes to evil people.
D
A guilty conscience is not easily mended.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What is the main message of Act V, Scene i, which includes Lady Macbeth’s sleepwalking scene? Wives should be forgiven for their husbands’ misdeeds. One is doomed to relive evil deeds.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -What is the main idea of the sleepwalking scene in Act V? It’s hard to get over a guilty conscience. Wives should not be blamed for what their husbands do.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lady Macbeth’s guilt makes it impossible for her to hide the horrors that she and Macbeth have committed. Her conscience is rebelling against the unnatural fiend that ambition has turned her into.

Detailed explanation-5: -Lady Macbeth’s sleepwalking symbolizes the distress and psychological pain she is in. Since she demands Macbeth to kill innocent people, she becomes restless from guilt.

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