ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who says this quote? “Double, double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble” (Shakespeare 121).
A
Macbeth
B
King Edward
C
The witches
D
Hecate
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -’Double Double Toil and Trouble’, Meaning. ‘Double double toil and trouble/Fire burn and cauldron bubble’ is a rhyming couplet from Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, chanted by the supernatural three witches.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Witches in Macbeth cast a spell together as they chant the famous lines, “Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.” Just like a chorus in a song today, the Witches repeat these famous lines throughout the spell.

Detailed explanation-3: -by William Shakespeare Enter the three witches. Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

Detailed explanation-4: -’Double, Double Toil and Trouble’ appears in the tragedy of ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare. It is one of the “Song of the Witches” that appears in Act 4, Scene 1 of the play.

Detailed explanation-5: -Double, double toil and trouble: Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.

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