ISC Class 12 Macbeth Short Questions and Answers

ISC Class 12 Macbeth Short Questions and Answers

Question 1.
What is the point of the first scene literally and in reference to the whole play?
Answer:
The first scene details the three witches meeting to discuss their impending plans. They were called together seemingly by. some greater force to plan to meet again once the turmoil is done, they intend and plan to meet with Macbeth, where they will set into motion and ambition that will lead to his downfall.

Question 2.
What does Duncan call Macbeth when lie hears Macbeth has defended Macdonwald?
Answer:
Duncan calls Macbeth, “Valiant Cousin”, “Worthy Gentleman!” This is ironic, being said to the man who will be his murdere

Question 3.
Who is sentenced to death?
Answer:
The Thane of Cawdor is sentenced to death.

Question 4.
What do the witches predict in Act 1: Scene 3 for Macbeth? For Banquo?
Answer:
They predict Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor and eventually the king. They predict that Banquo will be “lesser than Macbeth, and greater, not so happy, and yet happier” and that his descendants will be kings although he will not be one.

Question 5.
What news does Ross bring Macbeth?
Answer:
Ross tells Macbeth that he now holds the title of the Thane of Cawdor.

Question 6.
Banquo, like Macbeth, is surprised that the witches have predicted Macbeth’s new title. He is, however, leery. What does he say about the motives of the ‘instruments of darkness”?
Answer:
He says they often tell of good things which may happen without telling the bad consequences.

Question 7.
Macbeth says, “Stars, hide your fires, Let not light see my black and deep desires.” What are Macbeth’s desires?
Answer:
He now desires to be the king, and he realises something will have to be done with the present king before his desires can become reality.

Question 8.
After Lady Macbeth reads the letter, what does she tell us is her opinion of Macbeth, and how does she plan to help him?
Answer:
Lady Macbeth thinks Macbeth could be a good king, but he lacks the hardheartedness which would allow him to get to the position. She’ll talk to him.

Question 9.
What is Lady’s Macbeth’s “prayer” to the spirits after she learns Duncan is coming?
Answer:
She wants to be filled with cruelty, given a hard heart and the thick blood necessary to do what has to be done in order to make Macbeth king.

Question 10.
Fair is foul and four is fair. Who says these words? How are these words related to the theme of the play? Do they anticipate any contact with the main character of the play?
Answer:
These words are uttered by the witches in the first scene of the play, Macbeth. They anticipate the subversion of the values, and are related to the major theme of the novel.

Macbeth will overturn the accepted values by unnatural acts. Macbeth’s first words in the play, “Foul and Fair” are the echo of the words of the witches. It establishes an unconscious contact with the witches, and is dramatically effective, anticipating the blurring of good and evil in Macbeth’s mind.

Question 11.
Are the witches in Macbeth real?
Answer:
Yes. Macbeth really does see the three Witches in the play. Banquo also sees them and speaks with them. Initially, Banquo questions the Witches about whether they are real or possibly a hallucination he and Macbeth both share, but throughout the rest of the play both men seem to accept the Witches as physical beings. Later in the play, the Witches appear with their Queen, Hecate, in a scene without any human characters. If Macbeth had been hallucinating the Witches, he would need to be onstage for them to be seen.

He is not, which is more proof that in the world of this play, they are real. We can also contrast the treatment of the Witches to Banquo’s ghost. When Macbeth claims he sees the ghost, Lady Macbeth insists she doesn’t see anything, telling Macbeth “When all’s done/ You look but on a stool.” In the play, both Macbeth and his wife have hallucinations which they alone see, but the Witches are clearly visible to more than just Macbeth.

Question 12.
Why does Macbeth think the Witches want to help him?
Answer:
When Malcom reveals that he was taken from his mother’s womb – or, in other words, delivered via Caesarean section – Macbeth finally understands that the Witches’ prophecies meant his downfall, not his elevation.

Up to the end of the play, Macbeth has confused the fact that the Witches’ predictions always came true with the idea that their predictions were helpful to him. Everything the Witches predict does come true, but everything that happens ends up hurting Macbeth as well. He does become Thane of Cawdor, but that feeds his ambition so he kills Duncan.

He becomes the king, but as a result kills many people, including his best friend. When Macbeth hears the Witches’ final prediction, he is tormented by the vision of Banquo’s children ruling instead of him, but he still doesn’t understand that the Witches are not on his side. He sees their predictions that he can’t be defeated until Birnam Wood moves and that he can’t be killed except by a man not born of a woman as proof that he is protected. He is very wrong.

Question 13.
Does Lady Macbeth commit suicide?
Answer:
Shakespeare leaves the exact nature of Lady Macbeth’s death ambiguous. When Macbeth is told that his wife has died, no details are given and he does not ask for them. Instead, he talks about how futile and pointless life is.

At I the end of the play, Malcolm tells the noblemen that “’tis thought, by self and violent hands” the Queen killed herself, but the inclusion of the word “thought” implies her suicide is a rumor. Suicide is considered a mortal sin by the Roman Catholic Church, and thus frowned upon throughout England. According to church law, if Lady Macbeth killed herself, she would be eternally damned. Yet the question is never fully answered.

Question 14.
How did Birnam Wood move and why w is Macduff able to kill Macbeth?
Answer:
When Malcolm, Macduff, Siward and the other nobles are planning to attack Macbeth’s castle and overthrow him, in Act V, scene 4, they are in Birnam Wood, across the fields. Malcolm orders the soldiers to break off boughs from a tree in the Wood and hold the boughs in front of them as they march toward Macbeth. He says that doing so will conceal their true numbers from those watching for Macbeth, who will not be able to report an accurate count to the king.

From Macbeth’s perspective, many yards away, it does look like the Wood itself is moving when the men do this. Although the Witches tell Macbeth he cannot be killed by a man “or woman born,” Macduff reveals to Macbeth that he was delivered by what we call a Caesarean section, cut out of his mother’s body instead of being born in the more usual manner. Thus, Macduff fulfills the Witches’ prediction that a man not born of a woman is the only person who can kill Macbeth.

Question 15.
What convinces Macbeth that the Witches’ prophecy is true?
Answer:
Macbeth becomes convinced that the Witches’ prophecy is true when Duncan names him Thane of Cawdor, which the Witches prophesied would happen. When the three Witches first approach Macbeth, they acknowledge Macbeth as Thane of Glamis (his current title) as well as Thane of Cawdor.

This puzzles Macbeth since he can’t figure out how he is both. Shortly after, Ross delivers the news that the king has given Macbeth the new title of Thane of Cawdor, since the previous Thane of Cawdor has been executed for treason. This unexpected event causes Macbeth to become convinced that the Witches were telling the truth.

Question 16.
Why does Banquo not trust the Witches?
Answer:
Banquo is sceptical of the Witches’ intentions and remains unconvinced of the Witches’ prophecy. Banquo warns Macbeth that “instruments of darkness” often tell half-truths “to win us to our harm”. While the Witches have prophesied great futures for both Macbeth and Banquo, Banquo is less inspired and intrigued than Macbeth and would rather leave the matter safely alone.

Question 17.
Why does Macbeth believe he needs to kill King Duncan?
Answer:
Macbeth believes he needs to kill King Duncan because he sees the king’s son, Malcolm, as a threat to the throne. Macbeth has already felt confused about whether he needs to leave the Witches’ prophecy in the hands of fate or do some “dark” deeds to help their prophecies along. However, when Macbeth hears Duncan declare his intention to make Malcolm his heir, Macbeth becomes convinced he needs to take matters into his own hands and kill King Duncan himself.

Question 18.
How does Lady Macbeth persuade Macbeth to kill King Duncan?
Answer:
Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth to kill King Duncan by preying on his sense of manhood and courage. When Macbeth reveals that he has had a change of heart and is no longer willing to kill King Duncan, Lady Macbeth becomes enraged.

She openly questions whether he is a man who is willing to act on his desires, asking, “Art thou afeard / To be in the same in thine own act and valor/As thou art in desire?”, and further calls his manhood into question by stating, “When you durst do it, then you were a man”. Lady Macbeth’s tactics work: Even though Macbeth is disgusted by his wife’s ruthlessness, he resolves to kill Duncan.

Question 19.
Why does Macbeth kill King Duncan’s two chamberlains?
Answer:
While Macbeth’s motive is unclear, it is suggested that Macbeth kills King Duncan’s two chamberlains in an act of fear and horror. 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.

The plan goes well until Macbeth fails to leave the bloody daggers by the drunken men. In a confused manner, Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth that he thought he heard the chamberlains say, “God bless us!” in their drunken sleep as if they saw him, but it’s not clear whether this is true. Macbeth is notably rattled and has ostensibly murdered the Chamberlains out of fear of being caught and in horror for what he has chosen to be a part of.

Question 20.
Why do King Duncan’s sons, Malcolm and Donalbain, flee to England after their father is murdered?
Answer:
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. While such a move would seem logical given the circumstances, some view it differently. Some characters view their escape as a symptom of guilt and wonder if Malcolm and Donalbain are actually the murderers.

Question 21.
Why does Macbeth kill Banquo?
Answer:
Macbeth kills Banquo because he sees Banquo as another threat to the throne. In the Witches’ original prophecy, they proclaim that Macbeth will be king but that Banquo’s son and descendants will be the future kings, while Banquo will never be king himself.

Macbeth, never fully understanding how the prophecy would manifest, once again takes matters into his own hands. Even though Banquo is his close comrade, Macbeth is now on a single-minded mission to protect himself and his position, and he kills Banquo to maintain the throne.

Question 22.
How does Lady Macbeth’s death affect Macbeth?
Answer:
When Macbeth hears of Lady Macbeth’s death, he responds that she was eventually going to die anyway— “She should have died hereafter” (5.5.17)—just like everyone else. Macbeth then goes on to comment on the brevity of life: “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player/ That struts and frets his hour upon the stage” (5.5.24-25). Macbeth might be emotionally numb at this point in the play, beyond the point of sadness or even regret, especially for a wife who has helped bring him to ruin.

Question 23.
What convinces Macbeth that he is invincible over Macduff’s army?
Answer:
Macbeth believes that he is invincible over Macduff’s army because the Witches and the apparitions prophesied “none of woman born / Shall harm Macbeth” and “Macbeth shall never vanquished be until / Great Bimam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill / Shall come against him”. Macbeth interprets such prophecies literally. He reasons that since all men are born from women and woods can’t move, he is invincible.

Question 24.
How does the Witches’ prophecy about Banquo come true?
Answer:
It can be assumed that Banquo’s son, Fleance, eventually becomes king. This assumption is based partly on the Witches’ prophecy that while Banquo would never be king, his son and descendants would be. When Macbeth sends a group of murderers to kill Banquo and Fleance, Fleance escapes, and the murderers only complete half their task, leaving an open path for Banquo’s line to inherit the throne. The only king actually crowned after Macbeth in the play, however, is Malcolm, Duncan’s son.

Question 25.
Who is Hecate?
Answer:
Hecate, in Greek mythology, goddess of darkness, and the daughter of the Titans Perses and Asteria. Unlike Artemis, who represented the moonlight and splendor of the night, Hecate represented its darkness and its terrors.

On moonless nights she was believed to roam the earth with a pack of ghostly, howling dogs. She was the goddess of sorcery and witchcraft and was especially worshiped by magicians and witches. However, The introduction of Hecate is only but a superfluous character who takes no real part in the action of the play.

Question 26.
Was the dagger seen by Macbeth is real?
Answer:
No, the dagger was a creation of his heat oppressed brain.

Question 27.
Who is ‘Tarquin’?
Answer:
Tarquin was the last king of Rome, expelled from Rome for high disposition.

Question 28.
What is the importance of Act II – Scene II?
Answer:
This scene revolves around the murder of King Duncan and it is accompanied by a bell tolling, and the shrieking of an owl. Both these add to the suspense and tension regarding this evil deed.

Question 29.
Who is called the ‘fatal bellman’ by Lady Macbeth?
Answer:
The owl that shrieked on the night of Duncan’s murder is called the ‘fatal bell-man’.

Question 30.
What is Neptune?
Answer:
Neptune is the God of the sea.

Question 31.
What is the meaning of multitudinous sea?
Answer:
It means

• The entire seas toxin together.
• The many waves of the sea.

Question 32.
Who is the equivocator?
Answer:
Equivocator means

• Jesuit perjurer of law court,
• one who equivocates i.e. one who speak vaguely or ambiguously, especially in order to mislead.

Question 33.
What is the meaning of the ‘second coex’?
Answer:
‘The second Coex’ means 3’o clock at night

Question 34.
Where did Malcolm and Donalbain flu after Duncan’s murder?
Answer:
Malcolm fled to England, and Donalbain to Ireland.

Question 35.
Who said “It is said they ‘ate each other’ – Who are they?
Answer:
Old man said this to Ross. Here they refer to Duncan’s horses.

Question 36.
Where was Duncan’s body carried?
Answer:
Duncan’s body was carried to Colmekill, the ancient cemetery the Scottish kings.

Question 37.
What are Banquo’s concerns about the Witches prophecy? What is Macbeth’s response?
Answer:
He has had bad dreams about the Witches and part of what they said has come true. Macbeth says he has not thought about them. Banquo would like to discuss the matter with Macbeth.

Question 38.
What does Macbeth see when Banquo and Fleance leave and what does he say about it?
Answer:
He sees a bloody dagger floating before him. He says that it is only a dream.

Question 39.
What was Lady Macbeth unable to do in Duncan’s chamber? Why?
Answer:
She was unable to kill Duncan because he looked like her father.

Question 40.
What was Macbeth’s reaction when he returned from Duncan’s chamber? What did he say?
Answer:
He was upset and feeling guilt. He said that “it was a sorry sight.” He also stated that he had murdered sleep and he could not say amen when he needed to.

Question 41.
Who was sleeping in the second chamber? Why did Shakes->peare include that information in the play?
Answer:
Donalbain was sleeping. This puts suspicion on him.

Question 42.
Macbeth is unable to return to Duncan’s chamber with the bloody daggers. Why do you think he fears going back?
Answer:
He cannot face the murder that he has committed. He feels too much guilt.

Question 43.
What does Lennox say to Macbeth about the previous night?
Answer:
Lennox said that there was a bad storm and he has never seen one this fierce in his life.

Question 43.
Who discovers that Duncan has been murdered?
Answer:
Macduff discovers Duncan’s slain body

Question 44.
Why does Macbeth say he has murdered the guards?
Answer:
Macbeth says he murdered the guards because felt they killed Duncan. He was so angry and grief stricken he could not control his rage.

Question 45.
Why do Donalbain and Malcolm leave? Where do they say they are going?
Answer:
Donalbain and Malcolm fear for their own lives that’s why they left Donalbain goes to Ireland and Malcolm goes to England.

Question 46.
How does Lennox describe the night, and what is Macbeth’s response?
Answer:
Lennox quietly describes the night as rather painful. Macbeth then responds that his tan coloured long sword was too much for lennox to handle and that he told him so.

Question 47.
What is the importance of the Act II – Scene II?
Answer:
This scene revolves around the murder of King Duncan and it is accompanied by a bell tolling, and the shrieking of an owl. Both these add to the suspense and tension regarding this evil deed.

Question 48.
Where did Malcolm and Donalbain flu after Duncan’s murder?
Answer:
Malcolm fled to England, and Donalbain to Ireland.

Question 49.
How do you explain the dagger that Macbeth sees? What possible explanations are there for this strange occurrence?
Answer:
It foreshadows Macbeth murders Duncan. It shows Macbeth that what he must be done in order to get the kingship. The dagger that Macbeth sees can reflect he is overly ambitious nature because at first, he says that he can’t do the murder anymore but after his imagination and supports from his wife, he decides to precede treason.

Question 50.
Macbeth also hears a voice that says “Sleep no more” (2.2.47). Do you believe in conscience? How powerful is it?
Answer:
In act 2, “Sleep no more” means that Macbeth can’t sleep because he feels guilty. I believe that conscience is really powerful because after Macbeth murders Duncan; he says that he can’t do this anymore and the blood on his hands cannot wash away; the stain will stay on his hands forever. Therefore, I believe that conscience is powerful because even a bad person has conscience, it only depends on how much you have. Conscience can lead you go back to fear meAnswer:

Question 51.
As Act HI begins Banquo is reflecting on what has happened to Macbeth. What three events does he state and what does he hope for himself?
Answer:
Banquo says that Macbeth was made King, Thane of Cawdor and Thane of Glamis. He hopes his sons will be Kings

Question 52.
What reason does Macbeth give the Murderers for wanting Banquo killed? What reason does he give for not doing it himself?
Answer:
Macbeth fears for his own life if Banquo lives. Macbeth says that he and Banquo have the same friends and Macbeth would not be able to remain friends with them if he killed Banquo himself.

Question 53.
Why do you think Macbeth does not tell Lady Macbeth about his plan to murder Banquo and Fleance?
Answer:
Macbeth either feels that Lady Macbeth may try to talk him out the plot, or he wants to have full control and exclude her from this matter.

Question 54.
When Banquo’s ghost enters the banquet what is Macbeth’s reaction?
Answer:
Macbeth questions who has brought Banquo to the feast and he is very upset.

Question 55.
What does Lady Macbeth say to the guest is the reason for his behaviour?
Answer:
Lady Macbeth tells them that he has suffered from this affliction his entire life and to ignore his behaviour.

Question 56.
Does Macbeth recognize the ghost? How do you know he does?
Answer:
Macbeth recognizes Banquo and says to the ghost that he should not blame him for the murder, “Thou canst not say I did it: never shake Thy gory locks at me.”

Question 57.
What does Hecate say she is going to do to Macbeth? Why does she think he will respond to her?
Answer:
Hecate is going to create a situation that will allow Macbeth to ruin himself. The Witches will make a magic potion that will guide Macbeth’s fate by telling him the future. Hecate says mortal men cannot resist knowing the future.

Question 58.
What does Lennox say about Malcolm, Donalbain, and Fleance?
Answer:
Lennox says they have been unjustly accused of murder.

Question 59.
Where has Macduff gone and why?
Answer:
Macduff has gone to England to join Malcolm’s forces to overthrow Macbeth

Question 60.
What does Lennox hope for?
Answer:
Lennox hopes that Scotland will be peaceful again.

Question 61.
What worries Macbeth about the prophecy pertaining; to Banquo in Act 3, Scene 2?
Answer:
Macbeth fears Banquo or his children will overthrow or murder him just as he murdered Duncan in order to take the crown. He feels he can’t relax or have peace while – this threat looms over him. Although he does not yet have: any children, he wants any that he might have in the futures to have the opportunity to carry on his legacy.

Therefore: he acts to try to stop the prophesy about Banquo from coming true, just as he acted to make his own prophecy happen. While he was successful in making his own prophecy a reality, he fails when he tries to contradict Banquo’s prophecy.

Question 62.
When the murderers kill Banquo and Fleance escapes in Macbeth Act 3, Scene 3, why does one of them say “we have lost [the] best half of our affair”?
Answer:
This line emphasizes that Fleance was the real target of their murder attempt because he is the one who will carry on Banquo’s legacy; Fleance will either become king someday or have children who will become king.

Macbeth has emphasized to them that Fleance’s death is as important to him as the death of Banquo. Killing Banquo is not enough. The witches have predicted that he will not become king anyway. His death, of course, prevents him having any more sons, but to stop the royal legacy prophesied by the witches it is crucial that Fleance must die.

Question 63.
Describe how Lady Macbeth fulfills a traditionally feminine role at the banquet in Macbeth Act 3,Scene 4.
Answer:
Lady Macbeth plays hostess to the assembled noblemen at the feast. Her role here is to be charming and help her guests have a good time. She also shows full loyalty to her husband in public, even as he appears to having a mental breakdown before everyone’s eyes.

She chides his behavior in private, but never within earshot of the other lords. However, she does not seem entirely comfortable with this role, as her excuses sound weak and forced when she attempts to cover for Macbeth. She becomes flustered trying to talk Macbeth out of his panic and get him to behave calmly.

Question 64.
What is the significance of Banquo’s ghost appearing at the banquet in Macbeth Act 3, Scene 4?
Answer:
Like the dagger in Act 2, Banquo’s ghost may be real or a hallucination. Macbeth does not express or feel any guilt about having Banquo murdered, which could indicate Banquo’s ghost is the real thing. Obviously, the ghost is a manifestation of Macbeth’s guilt, and it also emphasises the fact that Macbeth cannot escape from the things he has done. His deeds will haunt him, literally.

The ghost appears at the banquet specifically, though, because Banquo promised he would be there before he went out riding that afternoon. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were both determined Banquo should promise to attend the feast, and so he does.

Question 65.
When she meets with the witches in Act 3, Scene 5, what does Hecate say that reveals her true plan regarding Macbeth?
Answer:
Hecate says she will create a magical illusion that will cause Macbeth to “spurn fate, scorn death, and bear/His hopes ‘bove wisdom, grace and fear.” Her plan is to use Macbeth’s own weaknesses, his ambition, and his arrogance, against him to cause him to abandon his good sense.

By showing him only a portion of his destiny, she will, paradoxically, move him to exert his own will in an attempt to make that destiny come to pass. His exertions will move him toward his destiny – even though his true fate is something completely different from the one he had envisioned.

Question 66.
Explain what Lennox tells another lord he thinks Macbeth would do to Malcolm, Donalbain, and Fleance if he captured them in Act 3, Scene 6.
Answer:
Lennox says if Macbeth had “Duncan’s sons under his key/(As, an’t please heaven, he shall not) they should/ find/What’t were to kill a father; so should Fleance.” In his hope Macbeth will not capture the sons Lennox reveals his belief that they are innocent.

At the same time he believes Macbeth would definitely pin the murders on the sons and punish them for it. He also implies that Macbeth would almost certainly issue a death sentence, but it would likely be a torturous death, as might befit a man actually guilty of killing his father. This image of Macbeth issuing gruesome punishment enhances his new image as a human being.

Question 67.
What do the doctor and gentlewoman see Lady Macbeth doing? What do they decide to do?
Answer:
She is sleepwalking and talking about the murders. The doctor decides his best move is not to mention that he heard anything, and he tells the woman to keep an eye on Lady Macbeth.

Question 68.
What does Macbeth want the doctor to do for his wife?
Answer:
He wants the doctor to ease her suffering, to give her something to make her oblivious to her weighty troubles.

Question 69.
What trick does Malcolm use to hide the number of men in his army?
Answer:
He has his men cut off tree branches and use them as camouflage.

Question 70.
Malcolm says, “And none serve with him but constrained things Whose hearts are absent, too.” What does that mean?
Answer:
Macbeth’s armies are there in body only, not in spirit, and there should not be any serious opposition

Question 71.
What is Macbeth’s reaction to the news that Birnam Wood is moving?
Answer:
“Arm, arm, and out!” He’s going to fight to the bitter end and take down the whole universe with him, if necessary.

Question 72.
When does Macbeth know he’s in trouble?
Answer:
He knows this is his end when Macduff tells him he was taken from his mother’s worn instead of being “born of woman.”

Question 73.
Who are the forces joining to fight Macbeth?
Answer:
Macduff and Malcolm join forces. Macduff meets up with Malcolm in England and the two make plans for how to overthrow Macbeth and take back their kingdom.

Question 74.
How does Macbeth die?
Answer:
Macduff fights him and beheads him.

Completion Type / Understanding Type / Recall / Reasoning Type Questions :

Question 1.
Duncan means by ‘bloody” bleeding because ………….
Answer:
He has come from the battlefield and is bleeding certainly due to his fighting with his enemies. It signifies the horrible crime which forms the action of the play.

Question 2.
The witches do not answer to Banquo but answers to Macbeth because ………….
Answer:
They know Macbeth is already tempted and has ambition.They have already targeted Macbeth where as Banquo is free from ambition. He is lihjt hearted and therefore dismisses them as ” instruments of darkness who tells us truths win us with honest trifles and betray us in deepest consequences.

Question 3.
Macbeth considers the good and evil of the prophesies because ………….
Answer:
The prophecies have commenced in truths so they cannot
be evil but Macbeth yields to the temptation to win the crown of Scotland.

Question 4.
The Thane of Cawdor gave a better account of himself on the eve of his death than he had done before in his life because ………….
Answer:
His life was one of sin and shame but his death was honorable. He died as if life had no meaning for him. Thus he cultivated the art of dying.

Question 5.
“Come to my woman’s breast and take iny milk for gal”! Lady Macbeth says these words in her prayers to the murdering ministers because ………….
Ans:
She makes an appeal to them to come to her breasts and turn her motherly feelings into poisonous feelings of serpent. She wants her womanly feelings smothered so that she can do the cruel act.

Question 6.
Lady Macbeth is awaiting her husband’s return after the murder of Duncan because …………..
Answer:
She is afraid that Macbeth is confounded by the attempt. She says that the face of Duncan resembles the face of her father and so she could do the murder

Question 7.
Macbeth sees a dagger floating in the air and pointing to Dunan’s chamber. He tries to catch it but cannot succeed. He calls it ‘fatal’ because ……..
Answer:
it is symbolic of murder. He thinks that either his eyes are wrong and the other senses correct, the vision is an illusion or his eyes alone can perceive, the rest have gone wrong.

Question 8.
Macbeth asks questions to Banquo about the whereabouts of Banquo in the afternoon because…………..
Answer:
He manages tactfully to elicit from Banquo information about his movements as he plans to murder him. He behaves like a trickster.

Question 9.
Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft reprimands the witches for not keeping her informed of their dealings with Macbeth and tells them to meet her next morning because
Answer:
She is the queen witches. There is a limitation to the power of the witches. Hecate can also anticipate the conduct of Macbeth.

Question 11.
Chamberlains were delinquent because …………..
Answer:
They were suborned by ghe two sons of Duncan to murder but Macbeth has managed the affair very cleverly.

Question 12.
Lady Macbeth attributes Macduff’s flight to England to madness because …………..
Answer:
According to her Macduff has fled out of fear. He has done no treacherous work to Macbeth so he should not have fled.

Question 13.
At ghe banquet, Lady Macbeth behaved gracefully with the guests because …………….
Answer:
Lady Macbeth feared that the secret of murder would be revealed She managed the guests by presenting Macbeth’s action as an infirmity and thus dismissing them.

Question 14.
Macbeth believes that he is invincible over Macduff’s army because …………..
Answer:
The witches and the apparitions prophesied that none of woman born shall harm Macbeth and Macbethshall never vanquished be until Great Birnam wood move to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him.

Question 15.
In the battleground, Macbeth tries to avoid Macduff because ………………
Answer:
Of the Apparition’s warning where he was told to “beware of Macduff” but Macduff hadseveral scores to settle with him and attacked him.

 

 

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