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Horn

25 September, 18:03

Read the excerpt and then answer the question that follows.

("Wake Duncan with thy knocking! I would thou couldst!")

What does Macbeth mean?

A. He wishes Duncan were only asleep and not dead.

B. He fears that Duncan will wake and catch him in the act.

C. He hopes that Duncan will wake and prevent the murder.

D. He desperately wants to save Duncan from bleeding to death.