ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Tortured ambivalence best describes Macbeth’s feelings about the possible assassination of King Duncan in Act I of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Option B is correct.

Detailed explanation-2: -Macbeth believes he needs to kill King Duncan because he sees the king’s son, Malcolm, as a threat to the throne. Macbeth has already felt confused about whether he needs to leave the Witches’ prophecy in the hands of fate or do some “dark” deeds to help their prophecies along.

Detailed explanation-3: -Looking at his bloody hands, Macbeth wishes that he could take away the eyes that witnessed his crime. Duncan’s blood is symbolic of Macbeth’s guilt; Macbeth uses a metaphor, or indirect comparison, to compare his guilt for killing Duncan to blood on his hands.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Death of Macbeth After Macbeth murdered Duncan, it was Macduff who discovered the body. Later his wife, Lady Macduff, was murdered by Macbeth. Macduff encourages Duncan’s son Malcolm to return from England to Scotland to take the throne from Macbeth.

Detailed explanation-5: -Macbeth walks in on his waiting wife with bloody daggers in his hands. The deed has been done, and Macbeth is horrified by his actions. Plus he’s managed to mess up the plan by bringing the daggers away from the scene of the crime (he was supposed to leave them there to point the finger at Duncan’s drunk servants).