English Literature Notes

                                 MACBETH  1. Give a brief account of the "Banquet Scene" in "Macbeth". After Macbeth becomes king, he constantly lives in fear of losing his ill-gotten power.  The witches' prediction that Banquo's descendants will be the future king makes Macbeth and Lady Macbeth very uneasy.  Macbeth and Lady Macbeth conspire to kill Banquo and his son. To this end, they hold a banquet where they invite the chief lords, including Banquo and his son Fleance. Macbeth arranges some hired assassins who kill Banquo on his way to attend the banquet but his son manages to escape.  In the banquet hall, Macbeth mourns Banquo's absence in a peaceful tone, while Macbeth sees Banquo's ghost sitting on the empty chair reserved for Banquo. Distraught, Macbeth begins to act like a lunatic.  But Lady Macbeth tactfully handles the situation and bids farewell to the guests, fearing that the horrors of Duncan's murder may be revealed.  This &quo

                                                                   THE PROPOSAL   1.Describe the character of Natalya. Stepan Chubukov's 25-year-old daughter, Natalya Stepanovna is moderately well-educated in appearance and good at housework.But she is fast passing the age of marriage. When she suspects that Lomov has come to talk about Oxen Meadows, she changes her nature, gets angry and finally kicks him out. But later she learns that Lomov came here for the sake of taking her hand. At once she is seized with hysteria and forces her old father to fetch him. She eventually becomes embroiled in a debate over the superiority of the Squeezer over the Guess.Love-sick yet consumerist, She can be the ideal pair of depressed nature Lomov. 2.Describe the character of Lomov. Ivan Veselevich Lomov, a 35-year-old Russian landowner who is fearful, brooding and stubborn. But he needs to get married. It is for this purpose that he enters Stepan's house and utters the marriage proposal. Step