Question

Read the passage from act 1, scene 4 of The Tragedy of Macbeth.

Macbeth. [Aside.] The Prince of Cumberland! that is a step

On which I must fall down, or else o’er-leap,

For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires!

Let not light see my black and deep desires;

The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be

Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.

Which character does the synecdoche in the underlined text refer to?

A. Banquo
B. Duncan
C. Macbeth
D. Lady Macbeth