FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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“ ____ yet my poor country / Shall have more vices than it had before ____ “
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“ ____ were I King, / I should cut off the nobles for their lands ____ “
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“ ____ It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash / Is added to her wounds.”
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“If such a one be fit to govern, speak:/ I am as I have spoken.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The line spoken by Malcolm in Act IV of The Tragedy of Macbeth that best conveys how he really feels about Scotland is c. “. . . It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash / Is added to her wounds”.
Detailed explanation-2: -Malcolm begins his test by saying that Scotland will suffer even more after Macbeth is crushed. The reason: Malcolm will be more evil than Macbeth.
Detailed explanation-3: -As in Ross’ speech in Act IV, Scene 2, the context of this entire scene has been set in terms of the country as a whole: Macduff explains to Malcolm that “Each new morn . . . new sorrows / Strike heaven on the face, that it resounds / As if it felt with Scotland"(4-7).
Detailed explanation-4: -Scotland would suffer, he says, under his own bad habits. In fact, compared to Malcolm, Macbeth would seem pure as snow. Malcolm is suggesting he has some pretty serious vices.
Detailed explanation-5: -What does Malcom say to test Macduff’s loyalty to Scotland? He tells him he has joined forces with Macbeth. He says he’s more ambitious, greedy, and bloodthirsty than Macbeth.