Macduff's Magic Spell Analysis

In Act IV Scene I Macbeth decides to seek out the witches for himself. He decides to do this because of the appearance of Banquo?s ghost in Act III scene IV. The witches call up three apparitions to predict Macbeth?s future. The first apparition warns Macbeth of Macduff?s presence. The second apparition is ?a bloody child? telling Macbeth that, ?none of woman born shall harm him.? This brings Macbeth confidence and he becomes sinister and evil, wanting to kill Macduff only in case of the apparition not being correct. The third and final apparition is a ?child crowned, with a tree in his hand.? It says, ?Macbeth shall never be vanquished until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill come against him.? Macbeth reacts to say, ?That will never be.? He then makes a speech as if he is casting a spell-by using

Macduff leaves his family to prepare to storm Macbeth’s castle. Macduff had no idea that Macbeth sent murderers to his castle to kill him. The murderers killed his family and hit his servants. Seyton brings the bad news to Macduff

As Macbeth learnt about the prophecies from the witches. They predict that he will the king but also predict that Malcom the son of King Duncan will become the prince of Cumberland. Feeling uneasy about this Macbeth lets his wife Lady Macbeth know and urges Macbeth to kill Duncan. He let his wife, Lady Macbeth, into persuading him into killing King Duncan. Macbeth then became a murderer and soon came to lose his mind. He began to change into something so evil that he couldn't find his way back into heroic warrior that he was. He started to become weary of his surroundings and dependent towards the witches. Macduff was not as caught up in love as Macbeth, he left his family to help his nation. Macduff clues in about how Macbeth is a murderers and flees to England to seek military aid from the English Kind Edward to overthrow Macbeth. Unwisely Macduff left his wife and children behind and enraged Macbeth sends murderers to Macduff’s castle to slaughter Macduff’s entire family. After his wife and children are killed, Macduff is flailing around blames himself and states, “all my pretty ones? All my pretty chickens and their dam/ at one fell swoop?” (Act 4, Scene

Before Macbeth made his move on Macduff he had to return to the witches for more advice. To Macbeth’s surprise the witches had an unknown power that he had never experienced before. Right before Macbeth’s eyes an apparition appeared and said, “Macbeth, Macbeth, Macbeth, Beware Macduff. / Beware the Thane of Fife” (4.1.81-2). This quickly exacerbated Macbeth’s thoughts about Macduff. Though things were not looking to good the second apparition appeared. This apparition in the form of a bloody child said, “Be bloody, bold, and resolute. Laugh to scorn/ The power of man, for none of a woman born/ Shall harm Macbeth” (4.1.90-2). At this point Macbeth is feeling as though he has a shot at becoming King. With his confidence boosted he wants to know more, thus the third apparition appears. The crowned child with a tree in hand said, “Macbeth shall never vanquished be until/ Great Birnham Wood to high Dunsinane Hill/ Shall come against him” (4.1.105-7). Shortly after the

In scene iii of act IV hostility is shown when Malcolm reluctantly avoids Macduff's offers. Macduff pleads for Malcolm to return to Scotland with him and take their birth country out of the clutches of evil. Macduff knows that Scotland is plummeting further into the depths of treachery, for there is just a matter of time before the good of Scotland is completely gone. Malcolm being the wise and noble man that he is does not trust Macduff based solely on his facade or his articulation.

This metaphor of a diseased country is extended as Macduff introduces the idea of healing Scotland, upon learning that his family has been killed. He ominously vows to slaughter Macbeth, thus curing his homeland with the medicine of revenge. Even Lady Macbeth has been affected by the spread of the malady.

Firstly, Overconfidence makes both Macbeth and Scar fall down to the bottom and all powers and thrones become the lesson of the blood. After Macbeth killed Banquo, there is an apparition appears in the party which makes Macbeth very scared. Each apparition holds a clue of Macbeth’s future which is Macduff have great influence on Macbeth’s fate and he should avoid Macduff; the second clue is that none of the man born

Suspicion turns to accusations, and Macduff starts building armies against Macbeth. Suspicion of tyranny is enough motivation for Macduff to plan how to convert his country back to normal.

They enter the castle in scene seven and Macduff seeks out Macbeth, ignoring all other beings there. "Let me find him, Fortune! And more I beg not" (5.7). They finally meet and Macbeth tells him to leave, as he already has so much of his blood. Macduff says that he has no words for him and that he will let his sword be his voice. Macduff then tells Macbeth that his prophecy does not protect from him, as he had to be removed from his mother by C-section and thusly is not “Woman-born”. He then fights Macbeth to the death. He reappears in scene nine with Macbeth’s head and announces that Malcolm is now the king of Scotland.

However, Macduff exclaims that he “was from his mother’s womb untimely ripped.”, born cesarian (V.viii.19-20). Again, the witches ,the purveyors of fate surprise Macbeth with another blow to his world view. Macduff fights Macbeth, and kills him. Thus fulfilling the notion that Macbeth should “beware Macduff!” (IV.i.81-82).

Macbeth retreats to England to find Malcolm to convince him to form an army to fight against Macbeth to take back Scotland. Macduff tries to persuade Malcolm to fight back against Macduff yells “not in the legions/ of horrid hell can come a devil more damned / in evils to top Macbeth” (Shakespeare 4.3.67-69). Malcolm test Macduff to see if he is still loyal to him or If Macduff is loyal to Macbeth by telling him how awful of a king we would be. Macduff responds by saying nobody could be worse than Macbeth, so fight to take your country back. Macduff learns the plan of Malcolm as he trust he is still loyal to him, but before he can celebrate he finds out that his family had been murdered by Macbeth. Macduff decides by handling the situation by saying, “I shall do so,/but i must also feel it as a man” (Shakespeare 4.3.260-261). Macduff fights against Macbeth to win back Scotland, even though Macduff’s family is gone for disrespecting Macbeth. He handles the situation like a man by fighting back but he's still is going to be upset that he lost his family. Macduff teams up with Malcolm and wins back Scotland, Macduff's selfless ambitions ends up to save the

It’s been a fortnight since the usurper was slain by Macduff. My father would’ve been very proud of the loyalty his subjects still possess even after his passing. I have named Macduff Thane of Glamis and Clawdor, Macbeth’s old titles, in return for his service to my father and I. I have a sour taste in my mouth to even utter such a vile name after all he did to my family and my kingdom. We had his body cast into the ocean and his head displayed in the town square for all to see his misdeeds. Macbeth left my villages, castle, and my people in shambles, he deserved any and all horrible things done to him after his death. May he never have the pleasure of entering the afterlife.

Macduff exposes that he was ripped from his mother womb, instead of being women born. Macbeth then begins to speak of the witches, claiming they are the reason for all that he has done. Macbeth then divorces himself from living. Macduff joins Malcolm and his soldiers while holding the head of

The night was dark and the sky stormed as if it were a fragment of hell itself. Cold rain cut through any layers of warmth that remained in Macduff. Behind him, Macbeth’s castle cast light on the horizon. “I don’t believe in spirits much, but a night like this could bring out the foulest of creatures.” Macduff thought to himself. The storm spooked his horse, but they trudged along. Macduff had fought harder battles against real enemies, no storm, no matter how harsh, was going to stop his progress. There were rumors whispered in eager ears, suspicions, that Macbeth had murdered men, including Duncan, to claim the throne.

Macduff's intelligence leans towards irresponsibility when he abandons his family without realising the danger his actions will cause them. When Macduff goes to England for help in freeing Scotland from the tyrant Macbeth, and informs Malcolm of the terrible things that have been happening in Scotland, he says; "Let us rather / Hold fast the mortal sword, and like good men / Bestride our down-fall'n birthdom" (4, 3, 2-4). There is a great sense of urgency in Macduff's words because his thoughts become obsessive with eliminating Scotland of its evil tyrant rather than focusing on his family. His suspicion grows after Macbeth’s killing of the guards and so he refuses to attend Macbeth’s coronation which leads to the murder of his family.