FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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Lennox is threatening to take his throne.
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All of his thanes are rebelling against him.
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He wants to conquer England for Scotland.
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Malcolm and Macduff are preparing to fight him.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nevertheless, both men suspect Macbeth, whom they call a “tyrant, ” in the murders of Duncan and Banquo . The lord tells Lennox that Macduff has gone to England, where he will join Malcolm in pleading with England’s King Edward for aid. News of these plots has prompted Macbeth to prepare for war.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why is Macbeth preparing for war at the end of Act 3? He is preparing for war because Malcolm and Macduff are preparing to fight him. At the beginning of Act 3, whose murder is Macbeth planning and why? Banquo and his son Fleance, because the witches predicted that Banquo’s heirs would become kings.
Detailed explanation-3: -Synopsis: The rebel Scottish forces have joined Malcolm’s army at Birnam Wood. Malcolm orders each soldier to cut down and carry a bough from the Wood so as to conceal their numbers from Macbeth.
Detailed explanation-4: -When Macduff announces that he is not, strictly speaking, a man born of woman, having been ripped prematurely from his mother’s womb, then Macbeth is afraid to fight. He fights with Macduff only when Macduff threatens to capture him and display him as a public spectacle.
Detailed explanation-5: -We learn that Macduff has fled to England, where he’s joined up with Malcolm. They’re trying to get the King of England on board with a plan to overthrow Macbeth. The unnamed Lord also tells Lennox that Macbeth has heard these rumors and is prepping for all out war.