ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is believed to have bribed the guards?
A
Malcolm and Donalbain
B
Macduff and Lennox
C
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
D
Ross and Lady Macduff
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Macduff arrives and says that he believes that the guards were bribed by Malcolm and Donalbain to kill Duncan.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ross, Macduff, and an old man discuss the recent goings-on in Scotland. They all agree that something awful is afoot. Macduff tells them that rumor has it Malcolm and Donalbain were the ones who hired the servants to kill Duncan. Everyone suspects them because they fled Scotland so quickly after the king died.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -(1.) Lady Macbeth has drugged the guards, noting that Duncan’s resemblance to her father has stayed her from doing the deed herself. After the murder, Macbeth carries the bloody daggers from the chamber causing Lady Macbeth to reprimand him for his great show of emotion.

Detailed explanation-5: -Macduff gives him an unexpected answer: ‘’They were suborned. / Malcolm and Donalbain, the king’s two sons, / Are stol’n away and fled, which puts upon them / Suspicion of the deed. ‘’ He tells Ross that someone likely paid the attendants to murder Duncan.

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