ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who said it?"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.”
A
The witches
B
Lady Macbeth
C
Macbeth
D
Malcolm
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes. In Act 4, scene 1, Macbeth returns to ask the Witches for more prophesies. Sensing his presence, the Second Witch calls Macbeth “wicked.” Her words mark the first time the witches describe Macbeth as evil in the play.

Detailed explanation-2: -The title is taken from “By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes", a line said by the witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

Detailed explanation-3: -An intuitive feeling, a foreboding, often with allusion to the words of the Second Witch in Shakespeare’s Macbeth (1606) as Macbeth approaches, ‘By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes. ‘

Detailed explanation-4: -Spoken by the three witches, “something wicked this way comes” is a line from Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. Shakespeare’s “something wicked” refers to Macbeth, who carries the seeds of his own downfall within him.

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