FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Fleance
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Lady Macbeth
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Banquo
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Boy Macduff
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Detailed explanation-1: –Macbeth, upon hearing that Macduff has fled to England, determines to kill Macduff’s family. He justifies himself by saying that from now on he will follow his first impulse, because if he had followed his first impulse, Macduff would already be dead.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lady Macduff comments, “Poor bird! thou’ldst never fear the net nor lime” (4.2. 34). “The net” and “lime” (birdlime, a sticky substance) were the two most common ways of catching birds, but this boy–his mother says–is so innocent or stupid that he wouldn’t fear either one.
Detailed explanation-3: -He doesn’t believe her and says that if Macduff were really dead, she’d “weep” for him, and if she didn’t then it would “be a good sign that I [the boy] should quickly have a new father."
Detailed explanation-4: -The line comes from a pretty gruesome scene in “Macbeth, ” in Act 4: The “egg” is MacDuff’s young son, and his attacker is basically saying that the boy is so youthful that he has not yet “hatched.” He’s a runt. It’s one of Shakespeare’s more famous insults.