ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following best describes Lady Macbeth’s death?
A
Macduff slays her in revenge for his own wife’s murder.
B
She sleepwalks off of the palace wall.
C
She dies offstage.
D
She declares her own guilt and stabs herself with a knife.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following best describes Lady Macbeth’s death? She dies offstage.

Detailed explanation-2: -Part A: Which of the following best describes Macbeth’s reaction when he learns of Lady Macbeth’s death in The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act V? He is bitter because he concludes that life has no purpose or meaning.

Detailed explanation-3: -The death of Duncan takes place offstage in Macbeth.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lady Macbeth is horrified and wracked with guilt, which drives her to kill herself; in her last appearance, she sleepwalks in profound torment, and hallucinates that her hands are stained with the blood of Duncan and Macduff’s family, scrubbing furiously in a vain attempt to “clean” them.

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