The Son Of Macduff, The Doctor And The Old Man

Although Lady Macduff only appears onstage for a very brief period in the play, her role is very significant. Often times, a person begins to believe that the way that a main character behaves is the norm and is proper. One begins to feel that way in Macbeth, but

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.

The author includes characters in Macbeth that epitomizes the standard, obsequious woman. One such character is Lady Macduff, whom Shakespeare portrays as completely dependent on her husband. When Macduff left to dethrone Macbeth, rather than worrying for her husband, Lady Macduff complained that he left “...his wife… his babes, his mansion and his titles…” because Macduff “...loves [them] not.” (Shakespeare 119). Shakespeare eventually kills of Lady Macduff to highlight her weakness and naivety, traits people believed to be commonly found in women (Shakespeare 124). Another similar character is the Gentlewoman. The name “Gentlewoman” in its own serves to create an image of a feeble, meek person who only moves only for others. When the

Throughout the play we see the character of Macbeth change, not only from the way he thinks and speaks, but from his actions as well. Killing Banquo and having Lady Macduff and her children murdered show the insecurity that is present in Macbeth’s character.  After the murder of Duncan, Macbeth becomes paranoid.  This paranoia leads to his killing the guards to help secure the place that he has found for himself.  Macbeth is also very superstitious, which becomes evident when he allows the witches’ prophecy to convince him that Banquo’s offspring would become Kings.

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.

The book Macbeth has many important characters and well as important part of the play. For starters I will now explain the characters that played an important part to this story. Duncan, the king of Scotland, was a great father figure to all of Scotland. He was well respected by others. Before getting killed by Macbeth, his way of treating Macbeth was like a son. Little did he know Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were already plotting his death. Banquo, another general to the Kings army. He was present when the three witches let Macbeth know that he will be next in line to become king. The witches also tell banquo that he won't be king but a family member will. Soon banquo has his suspensions that Macbeth had something to do with King Duncan's murder.

Shakespeare not only presents the actions of characters, but also helps us to understand what motivates characters to act the way they do. The tragedy, Macbeth, is a play where there are many dreadful events, and strong motivations behind them. Macduff and Macbeth are two characters of Macbeth who encounter great, but not always good, motivation for their actions.

Macbeth is the “bravest” soldier, very noble, courageous. He is also the honorable Thane of Glamis, but he is not a virtuous one. Macduff is very loyal Scottish nobleman, courageous and is also a Thane of a city. Banquo is a brave, courageous noble general who like Macbeth thinks ambitious thoughts. MacDuff and Banquo are very loyal to their King. When King Duncan was killed they do everything that they possibly can to find out who murdered the King and to properly hand the killer the consequences.

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.

One theme in the play was ambition. Ambition is a good thing for most people, and in most situations. However, too much ambition could be fatal as it was for Macbeth and his wife Lady MacBeth. "I go and it is done. The bell invites me. Hear it not Duncan, for it is knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell." Macbeths ambition drives him to kill the king. Later in the play a different type of ambition drives Duncans eldest son, Malcolm to march toward Scotland and free the kingdom from MacBeth's reign. He succeeds with little loss to his troops and is crowned at the end. Ambition comes in many different shades. It can be as dark as death or bright and full of goodness. It depends on the purpose and what drives your ambition. MacBeth's ambition was a dark thing and it proved fatal. Malcolm's ambition was pure and allowed him success. Ambition was a very important and recurring theme in the play.

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.

An important character in ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare was Macbeth. Macbeth is shown as the protagonist of the play and is the person who drives the plot of the drama. Macbeth changes dramatically throughout the play as in the start he is portrayed as the tragic hero who would do anything for his King and country. As the plays continue he becomes ambitious and, encouraged by a prophecy. After that, he ends up killing a lot of people/becoming a tyrant.

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

He becomes a ruthless tyrant. Again, Macbeth meets the criteria of the tragic hero because his downfall is his own fault. Although the prophecies given to him by the witches, Lady Macbeth’s influence and plan, and his intensified ambition all contributed to the degeneration his character, he ultimately made the final decisions regarding his actions. Macbeth’s actions cause him to fear for his own life, as thousands in Scotland wanted him dead. His true anagnorisis came during his battle with Macduff, where Macduff revealed he was not born of woman, rather he was ripped from his mother’s womb, implying a Caesarean section. In this moment Macbeth was enlightened about his vulnerability. Macduff goes on to behead Macbeth, ensuring that his own family did not die in vain. With his death, Macbeth solidifies himself as a young tragic hero. The audience learns the dangers of ambition, and good is

Macbeth himself is written like a double meaning, having the characteristics of one personality, while possessing the features of another. Macbeth, being the title character, is the main focus of the story. He is the protagonist. In the beginning, Shakespeare writes Macbeth as being the noblest of warriors. It is only after Macbeth learns from the witches that he will become the King that his personality begins to change. He goes from being the quintessential protagonist, to a scheming and paranoid villain. He schemes with Lady Macbeth to kill King Duncan, who is portrayed as a kind and just ruler. In the act of killing Duncan, Macbeth becomes the antagonist and Macduff, the one who makes it his mission to dethrone Macbeth. Because of Macbeth’s status as a tragic hero, he falls from grace and heroism to shame and villainy. These characteristics are conflicting, therefore making Macbeth a walking equivocation, a living embodiment of a double meaning. This makes the reader unsure of Macbeth’s fate. Shakespeare makes the audience unsure of what Macbeth will do next, if he will redeem himself or continue on his downward spiral of darkness.