FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Hallelujah
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Amen
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Hosanna
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Aye
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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. Macbeth also believes he will never sleep soundly again.
Detailed explanation-2: -Macbeth notes that he “could not pronounce ‘Amen”’ (2.2. 42) in response to the guards’ sleeping prayer.
Detailed explanation-3: -97-99). Macbeth cannot say “Amen, ” anyone could have told him, because he prays with his lips only and not with his heart.
Detailed explanation-4: -In act 2 scene ii, Macbeth fears that he has lost his connection with god after he had committed murder. He had told lady macbeth that he could not “pronounce amen” when he “had most need of blessings”.
Detailed explanation-5: -He is unable to say amen because he he committed a murder and had bloody hands; he felt like he could not say the word. Macbeth imagines that a voice speaks to him.