FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Duncan has no children
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Duncan had named Macbeth his heir
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the witches told them to
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Duncan’s sons have run away and seem guilty
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Detailed explanation-1: -Although King Duncan’s eldest son Malcolm was declared heir, his fleeing incriminated him for his father’s murder, as with his brother Donalbain. As a high-ranking thane (of both Cawdor and Glamis), and being a cousin of King Duncan, Macbeth is selected as his successor.
Detailed explanation-2: -Malcolm and Donalbain flee from Scotland to England after their father’s murder because they are afraid that whoever killed their father will kill them next.
Detailed explanation-3: -Macbeth kills the “guilty” servants as punishment as King Duncan’s sons, Malcolm and Donalbain arrive. Believing that their own lives are in danger, Duncan’s sons flee the court; Malcolm to England and Donalbain to Ireland. Their decision to run away makes them the prime suspects and King Duncan is buried.
Detailed explanation-4: -Macbeth was a grandson of King Kenneth II and also had a claim to the throne through his wife, Gruoch, who was the granddaughter of Kenneth III–the Scottish king who had been overthrown by Duncan’s predecessor King Malcolm II.