FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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That they are in danger!
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That Macduff is coming home!
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That her son was chosen for the army!
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That Macduff was hanged!
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Detailed explanation-1: -The messenger brings news that Polybus’ has died and that Corinth wishes Oedipus to return to be their king. Jocasta is happy with this news because it means the prophesy has not come true. Ironically though, she does not know yet that Laius, not Polybus, was Oedipus’ father.
Detailed explanation-2: -A messenger announces that Antigone has hanged herself and that Haemon, agonized at her death, has also killed himself. On hearing the news, Eurydice, the queen, retreats into the palace where she, too, kills herself after cursing her husband, Creon.
Detailed explanation-3: -The messenger brings the news that Polubus is dead and Oedipus will be the new king. He’s sad because the man he thinks is his father is dead but happy because he did not kill him. why does this news make Jocasta happy?
Detailed explanation-4: -On his return, Creon announces that the oracle instructs them to find the murderer of Laius, the king who ruled Thebes before Oedipus. The discovery and punishment of the murderer will end the plague. At once, Oedipus sets about to solve the murder.
Detailed explanation-5: -Creon brought the message from Delphi Oracle that the gods had caused the plague in Thebes in response to the murder of Laius, the previous king of Thebes. The gods had demanded that the murdered (the pollution of this land) should be killed or exiled. The plague would be lifted after the completion of the task.