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TUTOR : -SWAPAN KUMAR RAY 

RAPID READER : - OTHELLO

***  1 ) What led Desdemona to marry Othello ?  

Ans : - Desdemona was the daughter of a rich senator of Venice named Brabantio . She was a fair and beautiful young lady and dream of so many handsome young man . But Desdemona had true wisdom . She was captivated by the valour and brave of Othello , a moor . The tales of Othello's brave and adventures interested Desdemona very much . Finally Desdemona resolved to marry only him against all odds . 

2 ) Describe the character of Desdemona .

 Ans : - Desdemona is one of the important character in the play ' Othello ' . the daughter of a rich senator of Venice named Brabantio . She was a fair and beautiful Joung lady and dream of so many handsome young man . She is also the wife of Othello , She proves to be quiet devoted to her husband Her relationship with Cassio had been presented as a profile in friendship , concern and sincerity . The pathetic end of her life really evokes a sense of pity and gloom .

***  3 ) Sketch the character of Othello . 

Why did Othello decide to kill Desdemona and himself ? 

or , Discuss how Othello's love for Desdemona changed into mistrust in the story .

 Or , What role did the handkerchief play in Othello ? 

Ans : In Shakespeare's play Othello he is the main character of the play . He was a military general . He was promoted from soldier to the rank of general . He made an impact on Desdemona's heart . Othello and Desdemona loved each other very much . lago tried to break their relationship . Othello was very simple and could not understand lago's motive . He mistook Desdemona's pleading for Casio as her love for him . Because he had seen Desdemona's handkerchief in lago's hand . He killed his wife . After he understood his mistake and finished himself . 

** 4 ) Discuss the activities and nature of lago .

 Or , Sketch how lago has been characterised in Othello . 

Ans : lago pays a significant role in the play Othello . He is an officer and also clever . He is trusted by Othello but he shows seeds of jealousy in the mind of Othelo . He is a Hateable villain plays his games well . He makes Othello so desperate that he orders the death of Cassio . He himself murdered his wife . At the end he meets truth and death as a punishment for his crimes .

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TUTOR : -SWAPAN KUMAR RAY 

RAPID READER : - MACBETH

*** ( 1 ) How was Macbeth's ambition spurred by the thre witches ?

 Or , Describe the first meeting of Macbeth with the witches ? 

Or , What role do the witches play in " Macbeth " ? 

Or, " Fair is foul and foul is fair . Hover through the fog and filthy air . " - What is the significance of the line ? Or , Bring out the significance of the song of the witches . 

Ans : - When Macbeth and Banquo were returning from the battlefield they met three witches . The first witch addressed Macbeth as The Thane of Glamis ' , but the second called him the Thane of Cawdor ' , and the third witch told him " you will be the king of Scotland here after . " They aso told that Bamquo would never be a king but his successor would be the kings . Saying these the witches turned in to the thin air and vanished . The witches play a very important role in " Macbeth " . 

**( 2 ) What was the mystery behind the moving of Birnam woods ? 

Ans : - Malcolm the clever general instructed to his soldiers to cut down a large branches of a tree and bear it when the army was advancing towards the Macbeth's castle through the Birnam woods . He could hide the actual numbers of soldiers attacking Macbeth's castle . The soldiers with brough in their hands appeared as if the Birnam wood was moving . Macbeth lost confidence when he saw that the Birnam wood was moving .

**( 3 ) Why could not Lady Macbeth murder the king ?

 Ans : The king was very tired and went early to bed in the castle of Macbeth .. Lady Macbeth entered into the chamber of the King with a dagger . Seeing earnestly the sleeping face of the King Duncan , she noticed an unbelievable similarity with her father . For that she could not get enough courgh at heart to murder the king .

*(4) Sketch the Character of Macbeth .

Or,  Consider Macbeth as a tragic hero . 

Ans : - Macbeth was the Scottish General and a near kinsman to the king . He is the main character in the play . He is ambitious . As once he respected and honoured by the king and the peope . But later he turned into a villain . He murdered the king and his friend Banquo . He is left alone.But Macbeth could not be called to be a murderer politician .If Lady Macbeth did not insist him on murdering the king , Macbeth would not proceed further .

***( 5 ) Sketch the character of Lady Macbeth .

 Or , What role did Lady Macbeth play in the murder of Duncan ? 

Or , How much was Lady Macbeth responsible for Macbeth's downfall ? 

Ans : - Lady Macbeth is ambitious woman . She plays a significant role in the play She makes the plan to murder the king Duncan . Later she pushes her husband into committing the murder the king . She insists her husband to murder Banquo and plan to eliminate Banquio's son . Later she can't bear the strain of self guilt for long . She can't sleep and then she walks in sleep . She then commits suicide . 

***(6) Why did Macbeth went to murder Banquo and his sons? How was Banquo murdered?

Ans:- Macbeth went to murder Banquo and his sons because he could not forget the prophecy of the witches, that Banquo's sons should be kings after him. But he wanted that his own son will be king after him.

Macbeth engaged murderers to kill Banquo and his sons on the way that night. Banquo was murdered by them but his son Fleance escaped.