ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Where does Act 2 take place?
A
Macbeth’s castle
B
Duncan’s castle
C
Ross’s castel
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -At the start of the play, before he becomes king, Macbeth and his wife live in Castle Inverness in the north of Scotland. Macbeth’s castle is the setting of Act I, Scene V of the play as well as all of Act II. It is there that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth first hatch their plan to kill King Duncan .

Detailed explanation-2: -[Outside the walls of Macbeth’s castle, late at night. Banquo and his son Fleance are taking an after dinner walk.]

Detailed explanation-3: -Summary and Analysis Act II: Scene 2. Having drugged the guards of Duncan’s chamber, Lady Macbeth now meets her husband in the lower courtyard as he emerges from the king’s room itself.

Detailed explanation-4: -Shakespeare makes Inverness the home of Macbeth’s castle and stages the murder of the elderly King Duncan here.

Detailed explanation-5: -Cawdor Castle dates from 1370 and was built as a private fortress by the Thanes of Cawdor, a family made famous by Shakespeare’s play “MacBeth".

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