FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Macduff
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Malcolm
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Siward
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Donalbain
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Detailed explanation-1: -Malcolm accepts the thanes’ loyalty and makes them all earls (a higher rank). He pledges to “plant” a new peace, and to heal the wounds Macbeth and his “fiend-like queen” (5.11. 35) inflicted on Scotland.
Detailed explanation-2: -What does Macbeth suggest about Malcolm and Donalbain a.k.a. “the bloody cousins"? He suggests they were the ones who actually murdered King Duncan. “We hear our bloody cousins are bestowed/ In England and in Ireland, not confessing/ Their cruel parricide, filling their hearers/ With strange invention.
Detailed explanation-3: -Upon Duncan’s death, Malcolm and Donalbain flee from Scotland, fearing that they will suffer a fate similar to Duncan. This is perceived as guilt, and they are blamed for Duncan’s murder. He is later seen hiding in England with Macduff, where he tests Macduff’s loyalty to Scotland and to him by lying about himself.
Detailed explanation-4: -Donalbain and Malcolm Duncan’s two sons. Fearful of implication in their father’s murder, they flee Scotland, Donalbain to Ireland and Malcolm to England, where he raises a large army with the intention of toppling the tyrant Macbeth. Macduff A thane (nobleman) of Scotland who discovers the murdered King Duncan.
Detailed explanation-5: -Macbeth resolves to send murderers to capture Macduff’s castle and to kill Macduff’s wife and children.