FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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“Sin, ill tempers, and ruin”
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“Poor health, nightmares and poverty”
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“Nose-painting, sleep and urine”
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“Fighting, hatred and trouble”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Macbeth (Act II; Scene III): MACDUFF What three things does drink especially provoke? PORTER Marry, sir, nose painting, sleep and urine.
Detailed explanation-2: -In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Macduff asks the Porter, “What three things does drink especially provoke?” The Porter replies, “nose painting, sleep, and urine”-the first of which is usually taken to mean the red flush that comes across a drinker’s face.
Detailed explanation-3: -The porter says that he was up late carousing and rambles on humorously about the effects of alcohol, which he says provokes red noses, sleepiness, and urination. He adds that drink also “provokes and unprovokes” lechery-it inclines one to be lustful but takes away the ability to have sex (2.3.27).
Detailed explanation-4: -The scenes in Macbeth that deal directly with alcohol play a large role in the advancement of the plot. Macbeth uses alcohol to simulate a secure environment for Duncan, eliminate the chance of interruption during the assassination, and evade his subjects’ suspicion at the banquet he and Lady Macbeth host.