Our story begins at the residence of the Thane of Fife, Macduff. A visitor arrives and patiently waits for an answer after politely knocking on the intimidatingly large door. The door swings open and none other than Macduff himself steps out from behind it. He greets the visitor and asks him into his house for refreshments. “I'm afraid I must decline,” says the messenger,” I have several other deliveries to make today and I must only deliver this letter.” “ A letter for me? Please tell me then, who sends this message,”says Macduff. “Macbeth, Thane of Cawdor, sends the message sire, he says it is an invitation and that King Duncan himself will be attending.” “ Thank you for delivering the message, you had better be on your way,” Macduff says …show more content…
Macduff is out on a walk when he runs into the messenger boy. The boy then tells him of the decision that has been reached. “This is unbelievable! I can't believe Macbeth is going to get away with this,” exclaims Macduff as he sets of for town. He must tell the court the truth of what really happened. However, as he passes by his home he sees the royal guard. Since Macbeth was appointed King, he has set out a warrant for Macduff's arrest. Macbeth knew that Macduff would try to go to the courts and reveal Macbeth as the true villain. Macduff sees the guards tying up his family and taking them away to the dungeon. This causes Macduff to panic, he runs an runs until he cannot run anymore. When he finally stops he finds himself next to a beaten down old house, he looks in through the window and sees Duncan's son in hiding from Macbeth's troops. He thinks to himself this is the perfect opportunity, completely forgetting what he said to the three figures in Macbeth's castle. I could frame Macbeth for the murder of Duncan's son and over throw Macbeth. Macduff takes his knife out of its sheath, he slowly creeps up upon the door to the house. His head so clouded with terrible images of his family being tortured by Macbeth's men that he doesn't think about his own horrific actions. He thrusts the door open and slashes the helpless boy's throat. After Macduff …show more content…
Macduff and his wife are in bed and he tells her,” I have something to confess.” “What is it,”she asks slightly amused by her husband's seriousness. “I am the one who killed Duncan's son,” said Macduff with a blank expression. Lady Macduff's smile disappears and she asks him,”you're joking aren't you?” “No.”he states plainly “Why are you telling me this now? Why would you kill an innocent child you monster?” “I'm telling you because I cannot bear the guilt of my actions a moment longer, I did what I had to.” “I cannot be your wife if this is true, I have to leave you, I will leave with our son in the morning.” Macduff wakes up cold and alone in his bed. He searches throughout the castle, but no one is there. Macduff climbs to the highest tower in the castle, he looks out and thinks about what he has done in his life. As he thinks he remembers the three figures predicting his fate, he wonders if this could possibly be all part of some twisted trick. “Trick or not I can't live with this guilt and depression any longer,” he thinks to himself. Looking out one last time, he casts himself out of the window down towards the Kingdom that honors and praises
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.
“Macbeth” and “Macbeth retold” by Mark Brozel, share many comparisons yet have many vital differences.
Macduff's ambition in this play was to be loyal to his country by taking out Macbeth. Too much of his time is spent plotting against Macbeth, which throws off Macduff’s values. He abandons his family and left for England to find Malcolm so he could wage war against Macbeth. Later, Macbeth hears that the recent absence of Macduff at the banquet and at Duncan’s funeral was because he had fled to England, to find Malcolm. So Macbeth reacts to this by sending murderers to kill Macduff's family. Once Macduff finds out that his family is dead, he starts to exhibit some emotion. At this time he is about to wage war on Macbeth with Malcolm; Malcolm say's to Macduff "Dispute it like a man"(4.3.259). Macduff then replies,
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.
Shakespeare’s play ‘Macbeth’ is about the leading male protagonist succumbing to his ambition and need for power. Though Macbeth is liable for his own actions, he is not solely responsible for the events that eventually result in his downfall. Macbeth is corrupted by his wife, Lady Macbeth, as well as the three weird sisters. Macbeth’s contribution towards his downfall is his strong ambitious nature. Lady Macbeth is the person who induces Macbeth to assassinate King Duncan. The three weird sisters (witches) play with Macbeth’s ambitious nature and sense of security. Macbeth’s downfall is due to himself and two external factors.
It shows how, after having the former Thane killed, the King tells Ross and Angus to tell Macbeth that he was named the Thane of Cawdor.
After this Macbeth kills Macduff whole family and servants to send Macduff a message for being disloyal and he thinks that Macduff suspects him of something as well. This is shown when Macbeth says “The castle of Macduff I will surprise, Seize upon Fife, give to th' edge o' th' sword His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls That trace him in his
Coincidentally, Duncan, honoring the hero, decides to stay at Macbeth’s castle overnight. Lady Macbeth believes that this is a perfect opportunity given by fate to kill Duncan and usurp his power. Exhibiting extreme ambition and masculinity, Lady Macbeth orchestrates the entire scheme and persuades her husband into committing evil deeds, chiding him for behaving like a feminine and coward. Macbeth eventually yields to his wife’s pressure and manipulation. After the murder is discovered, Malcolm and Donalbain, Duncan’s sons, flee to England and Ireland, respectively, while Macbeth assumes a dictatorial sovereignty of Scotland. Macbeth, however, becomes insecure about his power, for the witches have prophesied that Banquo’s descendants will be kings and Macduff, another Scottish nobleman in England, may threaten him. Hence, the vicious tyrant assassinates Banquo and Macduff’s family. As a result, Macduff, with aids from Malcolm and England, vows to retaliate against Macbeth. Meanwhile, Lady Macbeth is greatly agonized by guilt, sleepwalking, rubbing her hands as if trying to wash away the bloodstains, and finally committing suicide. The downfall of Macbeth immediately succeeds when the English army invades his castle and is marked by Macduff outplaying Macbeth in a fierce
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
Macbeth starts as loyal servant and soldier to the king. After a great battle he returned and runs into 3 witches that give him 3 prophecies. These prophecies tell him that he will be the Thane of Cawdor and one day the king. Macbeth then gets news that he has now been promoted to Thane of Cawdor making one of the prophecies become true. He starts thinking up plans to kill the king and take his throne.
This scene is situated in a chamber in Macbeth’s castle at Inverness. The scene commences with the reading of a letter by Lady Macbeth written to her by Macbeth to enlighten her on the recent events that have occurred. The details mentioned entails Macbeth’s encounter with the three witches who tell of their prophecies; Macbeth holds the future of being King of Scotland. Lady Macbeth knows that her husband is “too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness” to fasten the process of getting the throne which is supposedly, in her opinion, rightfully his. To assist her husband, she loses her humanity and requests “unsex me here”.
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.
More people start to become treats along with becoming suspicious to Macbeth. In order to make sure that he stays in power without letting anyone know about his previous scandals Macbeth hires people to do it for him. Macduff finds out that his family was murdered and wants to kill Macbeth before he destroys the kingdom. At the end of the story. Macduff battles Macbeth saying “I have no words,My voice is in my sword. Thou bloodier villain,Than terms can give thee out! (Act 5 Scene 8) meaning that Macduff is full of rage and wants Macbeth dead. As the battle continues, Macbeth is defeated knowing that he couldn't be killed from anyone born from a