Macduff's son

Macduff is a traitor. This allows the people to unite together and form a mutual hatred towards Macduff instead of Macbeth’s corrupt regime. As seen in the quote from Macduff’s son: “Was my father a traitor, mother?”(4.2.51), and his mother’s response: “Ay, that he was.”(4.2.52), you can see that he even managed to convince Macduff’s own family of his seemingly unfaithfulness and the possibility that he was a traitor. This let’s you know that right now the only people looking at Macbeth as a…

“(4,2,32-34) Simile and Metaphor - Lady Macduff’s son is comparing how he will live to what birds do. He will get by where he can. (simile) - Lady Macduff uses her son’s fate comparing him to a bird. (metaphor) - Foreshadowing that her son’s future is going to be tough without his parents, even being…

grave.” (Shakespeare , trans 1979, 5.1. 43-45). Near the end of the play, Macduff leaves his wife and children to join up with Malcolm to fight Macbeth. Assassins sent by Macbeth then go to Macduff’s house to assassinate him, but it turns out Macduff wasn’t there so his family were all brutally murdered. Macduff’s mind is then haunted by the fact he left his wife and children defenseless “My wife and children’s ghosts will haunt me still.” (Shakespeare, trans 1979, 5.1.…

The killing is no longer justified by the prophecy, therefore serving a testament of Macbeth 's complete loss of control. Macbeth believes that Macduff’s choice to leave to England is an indication that he is a traitor, and needs to be eliminated. His unstoppable blood lust, even for the innocent, is only fueled by the witches warning, “Beware Macduff;/ Beware the thane of Fife” (4.177-78). Governed…

he killed Banquo’s son, Fleance. Unfortunately, the first murderer replies,…

Before planning Macduff’s wife’s and children’s murders, he tells himself to “crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought and / done” (4.1. 169-170). Macbeth wants to fill his mind with bad acts and then the job will be done without him feeling guilty, unlike Lady Macbeth…

the cursed from hellfire. Like Macbeth, Macduff is additionally appeared as a person. When he knows about the demise of his "pretty chickens," he needs to keep down his feelings. Notwithstanding when Malcolm urges him to "Question it like a man," Macduff's answer "I will do as such.…

by supernatural forces. This can be illustrated by the character Macbeth, whose tragic downfall was ultimately the result of his ambition. Furthermore, Macbeth’s ambition led him to kill King Duncan, Banquo; both he was originally loyal too, and Macduff’s family. Macbeth’s vaulting ambition causes him to make faulty decisions, thereby causing not only his own destruction, but the deaths of family and foe. Ultimately, King Duncan’s death was a result of Macbeth’s inability to stick to his…

Macbeth’s Fight for Power Many books and stories throughout history involve a profound plotline that is based on a struggle for power. The play Macbeth is an example of one of these stories that includes characters working to gain control over others. In the fictional story, Macbeth fights to free himself from the control of others and to ultimately gain power. Macbeth works to attain authority over enemy forces, King Duncan, Lady Macbeth, noblemen, and Macduff and Malcolm.…

against Duncan. After the murder of Duncan he thinks about what he has done and what it means for the future.”I’ll go no more./ I am afraid to think what I have done;/ Look on’t again I dare not.” (2.2.53-55). Macbeth’s second target is Banquo and his son Fleance. At a banquet at the castle…