ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Whom does Lady Macbeth frame for the murder of Duncan?
A
Malcolm and Donalbain
B
Duncan’s drunken chamberlains
C
The porter
D
Macbeth
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Lady Macbeth’s original plan is to get King Duncan’s chamberlains so drunk that they pass out and then frame them for King Duncan’s murder by having Macbeth leave two bloody daggers in their hands.

Detailed explanation-2: -CHARACTER PROFILE: PORTER. The Porter is the gate-keeper to the Macbeth’s castle, and jokes about being the keeper to ‘the gates of hell’. He’s a very heavy drinker, and provides important comic relief amidst the play’s intense tragic momentum.

Detailed explanation-3: -Macbeth is proclaimed Duncan’s successor to the throne. ACT 3 What’s done is done. Based on the witches’ prophecy, Banquo suspects Macbeth of killing King Duncan. Macbeth becomes aware of these suspicions and hires assassins to kill Banquo and his son, Fleance.

Detailed explanation-4: -After Duncan’s murder, Lady Macbeth’s role is of comforter and protector of Macbeth, rather than instigator of murder, and her character becomes more sympathetic.

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