ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the weather like the night Duncan was killed?
A
Calm and placid
B
Stormy and violent
C
Foggy and Ominous
D
A night like any other
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Our chimneys were blown down . . . The morning after Duncan’s murder, Lennox, a Scottish nobleman, remarks to Macbeth how bad the weather was the night before. Lennox says that the wind blew so hard that several chimneys were blown down, and it even seemed like there might have been an earthquake.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the tragic play “Macbeth, ” which includes the famous line “Fair is foul and foul is fair / Hover through the fog and filthy air, ” the evil witches bring foul weather with them wherever they go.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: In Macbeth, the second act begins with calm weather, the calm before the storm, which will be the murder of King Duncan. The feeling of calm weather can be eerie and unnerving and mysterious.

Detailed explanation-4: -In a desolate place blasted by thunderstorms, Three Witches meet to predict the future. Macbeth begins in “an open place”-a place without any landmarks or buildings-with the appearance of the three “weird sisters, ” as they later call themselves.

Detailed explanation-5: -The weather is stormy (foul), but Macbeth has won the battle (fair).

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