ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What word does Malcolm use to describe Lady Macbeth?
A
Fiend-like
B
Witch-like
C
Evil
D
Vicious
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Yet despite his composed manner, Malcolm’s description of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth is unflinchingly brutal. He bluntly redefines them as a ‘dead butcher, and his fiend-like queen’ (5.9.

Detailed explanation-2: -She is often dismissed as a “fiend-like queen“, regarded as Macbeth’s temptress and spur to his crimes: Being obsessed by her ambition, she urges her hesitant husband to the murder.

Detailed explanation-3: -This quote, as seen in Act 5, scene 9, spoken by Malcolm, is a point of reflection of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s journey throughout the play.

Detailed explanation-4: -In Shakespeare ‘s Macbeth, Malcolm describes Lady Macbeth as a “fiend-like Queen” The definition of fiend is someone who has an evil spirit, a person who is a cruel, brutal or spiteful person and is extremely wicked.

Detailed explanation-5: -He proves himself to be a fair and brave man. Adjectives to describe Malcolm: loyal, just, intelligent.

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