FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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She is King Duncan’s sister and misses him.
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Her husband left her and her child defenseless.
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Macduff was killed by Macbeth.
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She knows that Macbeth is going to attack her town of Fife.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Q. Why is Lady MACDUFF upset when the reader first meets her? She is King Duncan’s sister and misses him.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lady Macduff is angry that her husband has fled and left his wife and children unprotected. She thinks her husband does not love them, and Ross tries to explain to her that her husband was wise to flee.
Detailed explanation-3: -At Macduff’s castle, Lady Macduff accosts Ross, demanding to know why her husband has fled. She feels betrayed. Ross insists that she trust her husband’s judgment and then regretfully departs. Once he is gone, Lady Macduff tells her son that his father is dead, but the little boy perceptively argues that he is not.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Why is Lady Macduff upset? She is upset because Macduff has fled to England without his family.