FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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Duncan’s son
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Prince of Cumberland
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Macbeth’s best friend
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Lady Macbeth’s cousin
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Detailed explanation-1: -Malcolm is his eldest son. This did not automatically entitle him to accession to the throne, but creating him Prince of Cumberland (which Duncan does in Act One) does do so, as the title is only given to the heir, in the same way that the title Prince of Wales is reserved for the heir to the British throne.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the first act, Duncan names Malcolm as ‘the Prince of Cumberland’, the lawful heir of Scotland (1.4. 39). Immediately, he is established as an obstacle to Macbeth’s unlawful ambitions – ‘a step / On which I must fall down or else o’er leap’ (1.4. 48–49).
Detailed explanation-3: -In Act 1.4, Duncan declares Malcolm to be his heir ("We will establish our estate upon Our eldest, Malcolm, whom we name hereafter The Prince of Cumberland” – Duncan, Act 1.4 37–39).
Detailed explanation-4: -Malcolm is Duncan’s eldest son. He is declared as Duncan’s heir at the end of the opening battle, an event that Macbeth sees as an obstacle to his ambitions.
Detailed explanation-5: -Here Duncan announces that his son, Malcolm, will become the Prince of Cumberland. The Prince of Cumberland in Scotland was the same rank as the Prince of Wales in England, and thus Malcolm is now next in line to the throne.