Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 2 of The Tragedy of Macbeth.Sergeant. Doubtful it stood;As two spent swimmers, that do cling togetherAnd choke their art. The merciless Macdonwald—Worthy to be a rebel, for to thatThe multiplying villanies of natureDo swarm upon him—from the western islesOf kerns and gallowglasses is supplied;And fortune, on his damned quarrel smiling,Show’d like a rebel’s whore: but all’s too weak;For brave Macbeth,—well he deserves that name,—Disdaining fortune, with his brandish’d steel,Which smok’d with bloody execution,Like valour’s minion carv’d out his passageTill he fac’d the slave;Which ne’er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him,Till he unseam’d him from the nave to the chaps,And fix’d his head upon our battlements.
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He makes logical connections to explain how Macbeth is able to defeat the enemy.B
He uses emotionally charged language to detail Macbeth’s heroic feats.C
He references notorious enemy leaders to show his authority over the situation.D
He uses reasoning and evidence to support his observations of the battle site.