ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which sense does the following quotation appeal to?This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, Was once thought honest.
A
taste
B
sight
C
touch
D
smell
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -MALCOLM (speaking to Macduff) This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, Was once thought honest: you have loved him well; He hath not touched you yet. I am young; but something 1ou may deserve of him through me; and wisdom To offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb T’ appease an angry god.

Detailed explanation-2: -Malcolm then makes things even worse for Macduff by expressing doubts about Macduff’s own motivations. He points out that Macduff could still go back over to the side of Macbeth, who “Was once thought honest: you have loved him well. / He hath not touch’d you yet” (4.3. 13-14).

Detailed explanation-3: -The very first speech of Macbeth “So fair and foul a day I’ve not seen” – is an instance of irony. It startles the reader, echoing the speech of the witches “fair is foul, foul is fair.” Here Macbeth is ignorant of the fact about the significance of his speech, while the readers are much aware about it.

Detailed explanation-4: -Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

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