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Macbeth, Part 8: Universal Themes

Question 11 • English 2 Sem 2 (10013400) BCPS 2025-26

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 4 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Macbeth is speaking to Lady Macbeth after their coronation and feast. Macbeth. It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood:Stones have been known to move and trees to speak;Augurs and understood relations haveBy maggot-pies and choughs and rooks brought forthThe secret’st man of blood.

Answer
A
the loss of innocence
B
the quest for power
C
the struggle for equality
D
the inescapabilty of justice

Explanation

Macbeth says that bloodshed leads to more bloodshed and that even unusual signs in nature can reveal a murderer’s secret. The lines suggest that wrongdoing cannot stay hidden and that justice will eventually catch up with the guilty. Therefore, the best choice is “the inescapability of justice.”

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