FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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Amen
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Duncan
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Murder
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Sleep
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Detailed explanation-1: -To kill Duncan, Macbeth had to walk past the king’s sons. They are praying as they sleep and Macbeth is concerned that he cannot say amen to their prayers. The inability to say a prayer, or to say amen, was thought to be a sign of being bewitched.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why can’t Macbeth say “Amen”?-Quora. Because he has given himself to the powers of evil, he is unable to say “amen, ” or agree, to the holy phrase “God bless us.” This is an old belief, that people in league with the Devil were unable to speak holy words.
Detailed explanation-3: -Rather than appearing triumphant when he returns to his wife in Act 2, Scene 2, Macbeth is horrified. He worries that he was unable to say the word “Amen”, indicating that he has possibly damned his soul, and he also reveals that “methought I heard a voice cry, “Sleep no more!” (2.2. 38).
Detailed explanation-4: -Macbeth has overheard the guards outside Duncan’s room murmuring a prayer, asking God to bless them, and ending in the usual way with the word “Amen, ” which means “let it be so.” He tries to say Amen too, and finds himself unable to do it.
Detailed explanation-5: -After Macbeth kills Duncan, he goes to Lady Macbeth and is concerned about not being able to say “Amen.” What is her advice to him? She tells him not to think about it so much, or it will make them crazy.