ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who said the following quotation:“No more the Thane of Cawdor shall deceive / Our bosom interest. Go, pronounce his present death, / And with his former title greet Macbeth.”
A
Angus
B
Duncan
C
Ross
D
Banquo
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -"No More that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive our bosom interest: go pronounce his present death, and with his former title greet Macbeth.” “What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won.” King says it. Duncan is saying that the Thane of Cawdor is killed and now it is Macbeth’s title.

Detailed explanation-2: -No more that thane of Cawdor shall deceive The previous Thane of Cawdor was a traitor to his King and country. Macbeth is given his title after he is executed. It is ironic because Macbeth will become the next treacherous Thane of Cawdor and kill his King.

Detailed explanation-3: -MALCOLM: They’re not back yet, but I spoke with someone who was there. Sounds like the Thane of Cawdor confessed his treason’s and begged your forgiveness, father. For someone who was a traitor, he died nobly.

Detailed explanation-4: -Overjoyed at the news, Duncan decides to bestow Cawdor’s title on Macbeth, and to execute the former thane. Macbeth and his fellow Captain, Banquo, encounter the three withes, who hail Macbeth as Thane of Glamis, of Cawdor and as ‘King hereafter’. Banquo, they promise, will father kings but will never be one himself.

Detailed explanation-5: -The phrase “bosom interest” means “vital interests, ” but “bosom” suggests that a relationship of love should exist between a king and his subject. [Scene Summary] Soon after the witches hail him as “Thane of Glamis, ” “Thane of Cawdor, ” “and king hereafter!” (1.3.

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