Macduff

All around the world there are people who look out to seek justice. During the Elizabethan era, most people that were brought to justice were hanged or severely punished. Macduff in the play Macbeth responds significantly to justice by trying to find who the killer of King Duncan was. Macduff seemed to have a pretty good understanding of what justice was and did all that was necessary to find out the culprit. Mcduff strongly believes in justice and will take the measure to know that his…

A scene that I found somewhat predictable yet clever was when Macbeth was killed by Macduff. He was beheaded by Macduff at the end of the play. Macbeth’s death could be attributed to his overconfidence in one of the Witches’ prophecies earlier in the play. The Second Apparition speaks to Macbeth in a cavern in Act 4. The lines say, “The power of man, for none of woman born / Shall harm Macbeth” (Mac.IV.i.88-89). This is essentially telling Macbeth that he is invincible and that no man can kill…

In Shakespeare's play "Macbeth" act four, witches tell Macbeth three prophecies about his nobleman, Macduff. The predictions are intentionally vague, and Macbeth interprets them to be in his favor, he later discovers that they are not. As the story unfolds the witches' premonitions come true one by one, but not as expected. While the reader knows that these witches do not have Macbeth's best interests at heart, they have led him to his greatest success. And since he no longer has a reason to…

sad and angry guilt ,but a few let it drive them forward. All types of guilt will change a person, but it will effect some more than others. The guilt they feel and the fear of facing consequences negatively affects the mental health of Macbeth, Macduff, and Lady Macbeth. Macbeth’s mental health changes dramatically throughout the play. When Macbeth first commits the murder of Duncan he was already feeling the guilt of killing him before he had even acted against Duncan. After the murder of…

Hero’s and Villain’s in Shakespeare’s Macbeth Within every society there are some individuals who are hero’s and some who are villain’s. Heroes are people who have certain character traits such as courage, bravery, and determination. Most people favor heroes over villains: who hurt the people around them for personal benefit. Both heroic and villainous characteristics can exist in a single person, but they can change depending on their situation. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth: a tragic story about a…

The Tragedy of Macbeth was written by William Shakespeare in the early 1600’s. Set in Scotland, Macbeth, a Scottish general and the Thane of Glamis, attempts to make his way to become the king of Scotland. Macbeth is a brave soldier and a powerful man. Although he is easily tempted into murder to fulfill his ambitions to obtain the throne, he is a noble man. Lady Macbeth is wife to Macbeth. Early in the play, Lady Macbeth seems controlling towards Macbeth, but the play goes on and she seems…

Macbeth still made the decision to have Macduff killed. Although Macbeth believed that no one could murder or conquer him, he was still determined to secure his authority as king. At the time, Macbeth did not fear Macduff, but wanted him dead for assurance. Soon after Duncan was murdered and Macbeth was named King of Scotland, Macduff fled to England in hopes of convincing Malcolm to return to Scotland to help defeat Macbeth and take his rightful place as king. Macduff wanted to see Scotland…

saying Banquo 's son is going to be king. This quote is when Macduff is confronting Macbeth and Macduff explains that he is not born of a woman, then they fight. When Macduff says, “Despair thy charm, and… untimely ripped” (IV.8. 17-20) and when Macbeth says, “I will not yield… ‘Hold! Enough!’” (IV.8. 32-39) In the first quote when Macduff projects, “Tell thee Macduff was from his mother 's womb untimely ripped” this shows that Macduff was not born of a woman and since the prophecy states that…

will he become king; and what will the consequences be. The dominant theme of the drama is good vs. evil and it is shown throughout the story with the conflicts between characters such as Macbeth vs. the witches, Macbeth vs. Banquo, and Macbeth vs. Macduff. To begin one conflict of good vs. evil, Macbeth met with the three witches. At this time, the witches told Macbeth and Banquo what their future would hold. They told Macbeth that he was going to become the Thane of Cawdor then later on be…

Macduff has walked a similar path to Macbeth, in killing the traitor of their battles, the true loyalty to their king and country, and in the end they are able to be trusted confidants of their king and powerful monarchs. Macduff’s grief and anger would not be settled by not only by his family's blood of the murderer, rather it would grow inside him until it consumed him which is when the witches, with greed as their partner, they would be able to trick Macduff him unto him his fate…