ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Where were Scottish kings, including Macbeth, crowned?
A
Dunsinane
B
Colmekill
C
Scone
D
Forress
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Scone Palace was the crowning place of Scottish kings where Macbeth, Robert the Bruce and Charles II were once crowned. Scone breathes history like nowhere else in Scotland. It is the family home of the Earls of Mansfield and the ancient crowning place of Scottish kings on the stone of Scone.

Detailed explanation-2: -Scone Palace is located in the heart of Perthshire, in central Scotland. It is very easy to get here using public transport and by car or cycling.

Detailed explanation-3: -It was the symbolic crowning place of as many as 38 Scottish monarchs, after the Stone of Destiny, the Scots’ crowning stone, was transferred from Iona.

Detailed explanation-4: -Macduff emerges grasping Macbeth’s head, proclaiming Malcolm as the new King of Scotland. Malcolm invites all his allies to see him crowned at Scone.

Detailed explanation-5: -At Scone in 1249, the seven year-old Alexander III became the first Scottish king to be crowned, rather than merely enthroned.

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