ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who says the following lines, “Out, damned spot; out I say” (5.1.27-30)
A
Lady Macbeth
B
Macbeth
C
Macduff
D
Lennox
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Lady Macbeth says, “Out, damned spot! out, I say!–

Detailed explanation-2: -Lady Macbeth: OUT, DAMNED SPOT!

Detailed explanation-3: -The spot she’s referring to is a spot of blood on her hand. She’s rubbing it, trying to erase it, but cannot. “Here’s yet a spot, ” she cries, desperately rubbing. “Here’s the small of blood still.”

Detailed explanation-4: -To sum up Lady Macbeth’s troubles, she says that “all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.” This means that there is nothing that can be done to reverse her dysfunction. When Lady Macbeth says, “What’s done cannot be undone, ” she is resigned to her destiny.

Detailed explanation-5: -The horrified doctor and gentlewoman watch as Lady Macbeth then relives conversations with Macbeth after the murder of Banquo and hears an imaginary knocking and rushes off to bed. The doctor says the disease is beyond his power to cure and that “unnatural deeds do breed unnatural troubles” (lines 6162).

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