Question

"The Thane of Cawdor lives: why do you dress me in borrowed robes?"

a) Who speaks these lines to whom?
b) What does the speaker mean by "borrowed robes"?

chapter: three witches and their prophecy
class: 8th​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) answer - Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?" In this quote, Macbeth is asking a man Angus why he is being promoted to Thane of Cawdor, meaning why should he be placed in a position already taken by another. The previous Thane was sentenced to death.

b) answer -Being dressed in 'borrowed robes' suggests that Macbeth has acquired the title 'Thane of Cawdor' when it does not belong to him. The echo of Duncan's rhyming couplet ending the previous scene, which links Macbeth's success with the former Cawdor's death, also foreshadows Macbeth's similar fate later in the play.

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