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 Macbeth in Act 5, scene 1, which includes Lady Macbeth’s sleepwalking scene?
A
Illness comes to evil people.
B
A guilty conscience is not easily mended.
C
Wives should be forgiven for their husbands’ misdeeds.
D
One is doomed to relive evil deeds.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What is the main message of scene 1, which includes Lady Macbeth’s sleepwalking scene? That they killed Banquo . A guilty conscience is not easily mended.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is the main message of The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 1, which includes Lady Macbeth’s sleepwalking scene? A guilty conscience is not easily mended.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Summary and Analysis Act V: Scene 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-5: -The major theme of this chapter is nihilism, specifically how Macbeth exhibits a nihilistic worldview. Nihilism: The belief that traditional morals, ideas, beliefs, etc., have no worth or value.

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