FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Young Siward
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Angus
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Macbeth
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Malcolm
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Detailed explanation-1: -Young Siward asks Macbeth for his name, and Macbeth arrogantly responds, saying, “thou’lt be afraid to hear it.” Despite Macbeth’s pomposity, Young Siward claims he fears no one, prepared to fight Macbeth with his sword.
Detailed explanation-2: -As Young Siward draws his sword to fight Macbeth, he says to him, ‘’Thou liest, abhorred tyrant; with my sword I’ll prove the lie thou speak’st. ‘’ After Young Siward is slain, Macbeth boasts, ‘’Thou wast born of woman But swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn, Brandish’d by man that’s of a woman born.
Detailed explanation-3: -Young Siward is a character in William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth (1606). He is the son of Siward, general of the English forces in the battle against Macbeth. Macbeth kills him in the final battle, shortly before his swordfight with Lord Macduff. He is based on the real-life historical figure of Osbeorn Bulax.
Detailed explanation-4: -Macbeth tells the boy that he doesn’t really want to hear his name, because it will make him afraid. This show of arrogance, however, doesn’t cow Young Siward, and they fight.
Detailed explanation-5: -On the battlefield Macbeth kills young Siward, the son of the English commander. After Macbeth exits, Macduff arrives in search of him. Dunsinane Castle has already been surrendered to Malcolm, whose forces have been strengthened by deserters from Macbeth’s army. Enter Macbeth.