ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why does Macbeth urge Macduff to leave?
A
He wants to give the man a fair chance
B
He likes him and wants him to live, if not have the throne
C
He feels he has enough of Macduff’s family’s blood on his hands
D
He is lying to make him feel more secure
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Macduff’s decision to abandon his family is never fully explained, and seems hard to justify, given their brutal murders. But Macduff is deeply motivated by his wife and sons’ deaths, and he speaks several times in the play about how he must revenge them.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Scene 2, Lady Macduff complains about her husband and how he is a coward for leaving his family. She is angry and believes that “when our actions do not, our fears make us traitors” (4.2. 5), meaning she thinks he ran away to England out of cowardice, and that makes him a traitor to his family.

Detailed explanation-3: -Then, breaking down, Ross confesses to Macduff that Macbeth has murdered his wife and children. Macduff is crushed with grief. Malcolm urges him to turn his grief to anger, and Macduff assures him that he will inflict revenge upon Macbeth.

Detailed explanation-4: -1. Why does Lady Macduff think that her husband has left? She believes that he is a coward and has fled Scotland.

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