Lady Macduff's Murder In Macbeth By William Shakespeare

Another theme shown through the play is that things are not always as they seem. In the play things are often not as they seem. Often characters mislead each other or misinterpret information. In the play Macbeth says to Lady Macbeth "Go now, and pretend to be a friendly hostess. Hide with a false pleasant face what you know in your false, evil heart."(I.vii.81-82) They are talking about misleading Duncan into a false sense of security when in reality they are planning to kill him in his sleep. Also, one of the apparitions told Macbeth to not fear anyone who was born from a woman. This lead him to underestimate Macduff who was born via C-section. This teaches the audience that we can't always trust what we see or here.

The play Macbeth is about Macbeth and his changes. That is why we call Macbeth a dramatic character. Often dramatic characters are also tragic heroes or tragic characters. Which Macbeth is, these changes are a cause of Lady Macbeth and how she effects the play in many way. Including Lady Macbeth's ambition effects Macbeth in turn Macbeth kills Duncan, Banquo, and Macduff's family. The Murders in turn cause Malcolm and Macduff to revolt against Macbeth. The murders also cause both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to become insane. Because Lady Macbeth is not sane so, she kills herself. Because of Malcolm's and Macduff's revolt plus Macbeth sanity causes Macbeth dies a tragic death. In the opening of act five scene

In Williams Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Macbeth a man who starts off as an innocent man who throughout the play gets corrupted by power. Macduff the hero of this story kills Macbeth from his dreadful rule. Macduff knew Macbeth killed Duncan to get the crown, therefore he does not show up to the coronation. Macduff convinces Malcolm to get back what he owns. Macduff gets emotional after he finds out his wife and kids had been killed by murders sent there by Macbeth. Macduff proves his strength and his ability to be a hero to all Scotland.

Macbeth is the main character in this Play, he is at the beginning a guy who seems emotionless and cold. He wants to be king and to have the ultimate power, he wants his wife to be happy and proud of him.To achieve all his goals he tries everything to become a friend of the king, duncan, and is really nice to him even thought he just has the ultimate power in his mind. After a while Macbeth is getting tired of always being nice and faking everything so his wife is trying to persuade him to keep doing everything to be king. Macbeth is getting help from three witches who set them all the thoughts about being king in his mind, with his wife many people want to convince him to kill duncan, so Macbeth is under a lot of pressure. At the end of the play when macbeth killed duncan and reached his goal to be king,he is really confident and full of himself what makes him think he can get anything and win everything, but when he fights against Mcduff his head got cut off and he dies.

In many of Shakespeare’s plays, there is a major character, and a lesser character whose character traits directly contrast those of the major character. This literary device is called a foil. One example of this exists in the play Romeo and Juliet, in which Mercutrio foils Romeo’s character with his disdain for love and belief in man making his own destiny. Another example of foil exists in William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. The character of Lady Macduff foils Lady Macbeth in her lack ambition, her genuine love of family life and her devotion to her husband.

Many people who have read William Shakespeare’s Macbeth know that Macbeth is the tragic hero in the play, but there another character stands out as a much greater protagonist. Macbeth is the type of character who turned from a loyal warrior to the king into a violent, tyrannical, and conflicted person as he progressively commits crimes inside the kingdom without anyone’s notice, except for one person, who is Macduff. Macduff doesn’t have any flaws and remains sinless and heroic throughout the play. As Macbeth progressively gains power and prestige in exchange for the lives of his king, his friends, and his countrymen, Macduff meanwhile goes through great personal loss in his attempts to stop Macbeth’s tyrannical ruling and to restore justice and freedom to Scotland. It is ironic how Macduff acts so much more nobly than his king. Throughout the tragic events that have occurred in the play, Macduff serves as a heroic figure through his demonstrations of intelligence, loyalty, and righteousness.

During act 4 the supernatural phenomenons play a very important role in the fate and character of Macbeth. In Act 4 Scene 1 Macbeth starts off by seeing four apparitions displayed by the witches. All of the apparitions represent something very important to Macbeth’s fate. The first apparition is a decapitated head with a helmet on. Macbeth seems to be grateful for this vision because it shows him that he should kill Macduff. Another thing that this apparition shows is that Macbeth is in fact scared of Macduff. The following two apparitions feeds Macbeth’s ego telling him that he can not be killed by anyone born by a woman and that he can't lose any battle. Macbeth isn’t satisfied so he asks the

When the characters from Macbeth are compared, Macbeth and Macduff have very different views on what it means to be a man. Macbeth believes that being a man means to hold power over others, whereas, Macduff chooses to feels emotion. For example when he learns of his family's murder he says, “O, I could play the women with mine eyes”(Shakespeare 4.3.230). Macduff knows that it's alright to cry because he has every right to feel sad about the sudden loss of his entire family as compared to Macbeth who later says, “I have almost forgotten the taste of fears;”(4.4.9). Macbeth's lack of emotion for his wife's mental illness proves that he is so far down the path of unlawful actions that he no longer has emotion. This contrast between characters shows that Macbeth has lost all value in himself as compared to Macduff who knows what's it really means to be a man because he is so full of regret for failing to protect what matters most to him; his family. In another example, Ross comes to warn Lady Macduff of the impending murder or her and her family. As Ross becomes distraught he says, “I am so much a fool, should I stay longer It would be my disgrace and your discomfort”(4.2.27-28). Ross knows he is about to cry and knows he must leave so that Lady Macduff doesn't see his vulnerability; he wants to maintain his masculine persona. Joe Ehrmann states in the documentary, “So if we ever gave boys the

The script says, “But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live; that I may tell pale-hearted fear it lies, and sleep in spite of thunder.” (Shakespeare 77). Although the weird sisters’ prophecy has convinced Macbeth that Macduff is not a threat to his life, Macbeth reveals that he will kill Macduff to ensure his fate and properly conquer his own fear. I think that Macbeth’s merciless decision to execute a family of innocent people shows he has reached the height of his tyranny, having been fueled by his fear of losing power. In his decision, I can see that Macbeth has truly plummeted into madness. He has no logical reason for killing Macduff’s family alone from his own irrational fear. Reading the script, I am able to see the banter between Macduff’s wife and son. For me, seeing this sweet exchange makes Macduff’s family appear more realistic and relatable, helping to create a greater understanding behind the injustice of their murder. In the film, the amusing conversation between Macduff’s family is not shown. I believe that neglecting this simple moment decreased the characters’ authenticity as ordinary, innocent victims. Devoid of this scene, I believe that I do not truly realize the caliber of the atrocity Macbeth has committed as a result of his deranged

By lying to Macduff it shows that he still wants to fulfill his side of the prophecy by becoming the King of Scotland. This means that Macbeth is no longer so devastated about the killing of the King as was first indicated in the play and demonstrates the alluring sexual power of Lady Macbeth who is ambitious to become the Queen. Macbeth is easily led by his wife, because had she not been there to push him along with the murder then in all probability, Macbeth would not have killed Duncan. His actions also show his greed and ambition by killing someone he apparently dearly loved. By Act 3 Scene 1, Macbeth is becoming more ruthless and determined, in that he is

Lady Macbeth as the Driving Force Behind the Murder of Duncan in William Shakespeare's Macbeth

Lady Macduff’s first words are both a question and an allegation. She asks “What had he done to make him fly the land.”(IV.ii.1) This allows one to believe that she thinks the only way Macduff would leave is if he did something wrong. Lady Macduff then accuses Macduff of not loving him. The anger, hurt, and feelings of betrayal behind the words of Lady Macduff immediately makes the audience enamored and captivated by her presence and yearn for her to find out the truth; that Macduff is not a traitor, but a hero, trying to save the face of the crown. In the situation of Macduff’s son, he’s confused as to whether his father is a traitor or not and he denies his father’s death twice during this scene. Once when his mother insists and a second time, shouting to the second murderer “Thou liest though shag-haired villain!”(IV.ii.79) This demonstrates Macbeth’s son loyalty for his father, even he is confused as to what a traitor is and unsure if his father is alive or dead. Macduff’s son’s unwavering loyalty for his father warms the heart of those reading and allows them to feel horror at hid death commanded by no other than the tyrannical

Act four, scene two, is a very important piece of the play, Macbeth, by William Shakespeare. In this scene, Macbeth has Macduff’s wife, children, and others in his castle killed while Macduff is in England. This is the pivotal moment in the play because now Macduff and Macbeth have to fight. By some, this is viewed as the climax because it is essentially the last straw. In this scene, people are exposed to just how awful Macbeth is. For him to kill a man’s wife and children while his castle is unprotected, is the lowest of the low. This is so horrible because Macduff’s wife and child are innocent and are no threat to Macbeth. At this point, Macbeth is killing for amusement. Also, in this scene, Lady Macduff and her son have a conversation. In this exchange, the two say very ironic last words. In act four, scene two, there are three important messages that relate to the rest of the play; manhood, madness, and foul and fair.

The play Macbeth is about a brave Scottish general named Macbeth. He receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that he will one day be king of Scotland. From there on out, he is consumed by ambition and spurred by his wife to seize the throne, with whatever means necessary. Macbeth then murders Duncan, the former king of Scotland, and takes the throne for himself. From this point on, Macbeth becomes wrecked with guilt from killing his friend and companion, Banquo. In addition, Macbeth slowly descends into paranoia, fearing that someone might attempt to murder him to seize the throne, like he had done. This goes on until the end of the play, where Macbeth greets and dies by Malcolm’s, King Duncan’s son, hand in battle.

Initially, in Macbeth act four scene two, there is a very serious theme of violence and death. In the following scene Macbeth orders murderers to go to the castle and to kill Macduff’s wife and son. Clearly, after reading what Macbeth’s plans were for Macduff’s family it wasn’t hard to tell what was coming next. At the end of act four scene two the murderer stabs the wife and child to a horrible and undeserved death. “He has killed me, mother: Run away. I pray you!” (4:2, Line 82) These were the