Question

Read the passage.

LADY MACBETH. A soldier and afeard? What need we fear
who knows it, when none can call our pow’r to
accompt? Yet who would have thought the old man
to have so much blood in him?

What does Lady Macbeth mean by “when none can call our pow’r to accompt” in these lines from Act V of The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare?


She and Macbeth are calling for an increase in power.


She is expressing a fear of Macduff that the king shares.


She believes that she and the king are all-powerful.


She and Macbeth cannot explain why they have so much power.

Answer 1

I believe that it is that she believes that she and the king are all-powerful. She’s explaining why there is nothing to fear and she marvels at the old man and how much blood he can shed.

Answer 2

Answer: C) She believes that she and the king are all-powerful.

Explanation: In the given passage from "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare we can see Lady Macbeth speaking about how she and Macbeth killed the king Duncan. She feels guilty, but she thinks that there is nothing to fear because she and Macbeth have a lot of power, and that this power will protect the, we can see this in the phrase: "What need we fear  who knows it, when none can call our pow’r to  accompt?"