Macduff's son

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    where Malcom is located. Macbeth declares Macduff a traitor also threating Macduff’s family by saying that he will burn his house down and kill his family. After threating to take action towards Macduff’s decision to leave the country, Lady Macduff states that Macduff doesn’t love her anymore, but their son disagrees with her. He proclaims that Macduff is not a traitor and also that he is not dead. Macduff’s son further explains that if Macduff was dead, she would be crying, but she…

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    everyone was after the throne and so the vicious circle of bloodshed begins. Macbeth ordered a murder on Fleance, the son of Banquo. Luckily for Fleance, he escaped and ran away to a safe country. After the brutal murder of his friend, Macbeth suffers from guilt and in attempts to find a cure which results in feeding his ambition until it turns into insanity. The murder of Macduff’s family is proof that Macbeth’s ambition has turned into. Until this point, all murders had their purpose; it was…

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    Legacy Of Macbeth

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    well as the title of earl): Thane of Glamis and Thane of Cawdor, the two titles that were formerly held by the wicked Macbeth. Ironically, the title of thane of Cawdor was given consecutively to two different traitors in a row. Well I suppose, in Macduff’s good hands, the third time is charmed fair.…

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    way, was to murder Macduff’s family. Another relatable event to Macbeth is terrorism in present day. Society sees terrorists as an evil group of people who kill innocent civilians for a selfish reason. Like Macbeth killing innocent people so that he may stay king longer. From the evidence stated above, there is no going back for Macbeth. Macbeth is a statement of evil. First he murders Duncan for power, then he murders Banquo to cover his tracks and lastly he murders Macduff’s wife and children…

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    thought about killing Duncan, because Duncan had appointed his son as the heir to the throne and the only way Macbeth could become King was if Duncan died soon. Next Macbeth had Banquo murdered. Macbeth hired murderers to kill Banquo and one of his sons, Fleance, after he became King of Scotland to secure his crown because the Weïrd sisters had said that Banquo was to father a long line of Scottish kings, meaning that one of his sons must become king. Although the murderers failed to kill…

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    Macbeth Narcissism Analysis

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    him. To add, Macbeth has no regard for others and their feelings, he fails to recognize the feelings of others throughout the entire play. Macbeth fails to recognize the feelings of Macduff when he decides to hire the murderers to kill Macduff’s wife and his son (IV.ii.92-98). Macbeth has decided to rip apart a family, the one of Macduff. Though Macduff is an enemy to Macbeth, Macbeth had no expressed reason to kill an innocent woman and her child, this is evidence that Macbeth has no regard…

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    the witches to know more about the prophecies, the witches tell him to become resolute and he thinks he is invincible. He sends murderers to Macduff, the son of Duncan’s castle, and kill Macduff’s wife and children. Regardless Lady Macbeth persuades Macbeth to murder King Duncan before, but Macbeth demands the murderers to murder Banquo and Macduff’s family without telling Lady Macbeth, and he thinks these violent murders can help him to prevent antagonists. Theses events show that the power of…

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    The events of the story all came as a result of his terrible decisions to murder Duncan and order the deaths of both Banquo and Macduff’s family respectively. Macduff certainly suffered for his deeds, by witnessing his own death at the hands of the person who he was warned about before the battle ever started. Fate is an influencing factor on Macbeth, who functions throughout the story…

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    innocent murders that he has committed himself. Macbeth has killed Duncan who is the King of Scotland that was suppose to be his friends. Another innocent life that he has taken is the one of his best friend Banquo, but he ineffectively murdered Banquo 's son. Lady Macduff believes that her husband Macduff has gone mad due to his random leaving of her and their child. She even said on lines 3-5 in act IV scene II, “His flight was madness, When our actions do not, Our fears do make us traitors.”…

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    feel any emotions to what he has done. He had innocent people killed because of Macduff’s actions. Macbeth says, “The castle of Macduff I will surprise; seize upon Fife; give to the edge o’ the sword his wife his babes, and all the unfortunate souls” (4.1.165-167). Macbeth wants to kill the innocent because he does not known the difference of what is right and what is wrong. He has trouble with Macduff not Macduff’s family but he decides to kill the family because Macduff wants to steal the…

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