Read the excerpt from act 5, scene 5 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Macbeth is in his castle, waiting to be surrounded by the enemy army. He suddenly hears women crying, and his servant Seyton goes to investigate.Macbeth. I have almost forgot the taste of fears;The time has been, my senses would have cool’dTo hear a night-shriek; and my fell of hairWould at a dismal treatise rouse and stirAs life were in’t: I have supp’d full with horrors;Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughtsCannot once start me.
Answer
A
by describing Macbeth’s fears of his bad dreams
B
by describing all the violence that Macbeth has forgotten
C
by showing how afraid of the world Macbeth has become
D
by showing that Macbeth has become numb to violence