FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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shy and confused
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cheerful and naive
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fearful and timid
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questioning and courageous
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Detailed explanation-1: -Macduff’s son is witty and clever. He is a boy full of potential, which makes it more poignant that he is about to die. He is also brave, calling the first Murderer a shag-haired villain (line 83).
Detailed explanation-2: -Macduff’s son is viewed as a symbol of the youthful innocence Macbeth hates and fears, and the scene has been compared by one critic to the biblical Massacre of the Innocents. He is described as an “egg” by his murderer, further emphasising on his youth before his imminent death.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ross tries to reassure her, but no sooner does he leave than a messenger arrives to tell Lady Macduff and her son to run for their lives. But it’s too late-the murderers have arrived, and they kill her son.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lady Macduff’s son says liars and swearers are fools because he implies that since there are more of them than honest people, they should get together and hang the honest people.