FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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He will be prosecuted for his crimes.
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He and Lady Macbeth have many children.
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He has no male children.
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He has no right to be king.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In this metaphor, Macbeth notes that the witches handed him a scepter by prophesying that he would become king. But the scepter is barren, or infertile, because they also predicted that he will not have male heirs, and thus the scepter and the kingship will pass to an unrelated person.
Detailed explanation-2: -He notes that if the witches’ prophecy is true, his will be a “fruitless crown, ” by which he means that he will not have an heir (3.1.62).
Detailed explanation-3: -Macbeth is philosiphizing over Banquos prophecy. Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown, They placed a childless crown on my head.
Detailed explanation-4: -Shakespeare foreshadows Macbeth’s death as “he fixed his (traitors) head upon our battlements” The quote is given because Macbeth beheads a traitor on the battlefield, this is ironic as he dies for been a traitor.