An Explanation Of Macduff In Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'

The lines from this song perfectly intertwine with the character Macduff. Throughout the play we see Macduff go from neutral towards Macbeth, to straight up despising him. The lyric from the song, "All this time I was wasting / Hoping you would come around," really paints a good picture of when Macduff has finally had it with Macbeth. I imagine that this line illustrates the scene when Macduff learns that Macbeth has killed his whole family. We see Macduff become skeptical of Macbeth's behavior after Duncan is murdered. When Macbeth admits that he killed the grooms out of anger, Macduff asks Macbeth why he did so. We see the seed of suspicion planted in Macduff. Then Banquo says, "let us meet / And question this most bloody piece of work, / …show more content…
In the chorus of the song, it says, "I figured you out / And you're thinking we'll be fine again / But not this time around / You don't have to call anymore / I won't pick up the phone / This is the last straw / Don't wanna hurt anymore / And you can tell me that you're sorry / But I don't believe you baby / Like I did before / You're not sorry." This whole chorus is the main relationship between Macduff and Macbeth. Macduff figured out that it was Macbeth who was responsible for all the killings in the kingdom. Macbeth is thinking that it'll all be okay in the end just like it always is, but Macduff knows that it won't be okay in the end for Macbeth this time. Macduff is confident that he will defeat Macbeth when he says, "Despair thy charm, / And let the angel whom thou still hast served / Tell thee, Macduff was from his mother's womb / Untimely ripped" (5.8.13-16). Macduff is certain that he can win because he has the upper hand in some charm that Macbeth thought was protecting him. Macduff is saying that he's not gonna "answer the phone" anymore. Macduff has had it with Macbeth and everything that he has …show more content…
Macduff is fed up and he exclaims a few choice things in Act 4. Including, "Hold fast the moral sword, and like good men / Bestride our down-fall'n birthdom" (4.3.3-4), and, "front to front / Bring thou this fiend of Scotland and myself; / Within my sword's length set him. If he 'scape, / Heaven forgive him too" (4.3.232-235)! Macduff is tired of being hurt by the tyrant and he's putting an end to it. Macduff is saying to Macbeth that it's useless to apologize at this point, you've done enough. I won't believe you when you say you're sorry, I won't believe you when you say you are innocent. In act 4 Malcolm says, "This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, / Was once thought honest: you have loved him well;" (4.3.12-13). This relates to when Taylor swift says, "You are looking so innocent / I might believe you if I didn't know / Could've loved you all my life." Also in the quote from lines 12 and 13 Malcolm explains that Macbeth was once an honest man, so when Taylor Swift says, "You used to shine so bright / But I watched all of it fade." It's relating to the fact that everyone watched Macbeth's good moral character slowly