play Macbeth by Shakespeare Macduff is portrayed as both a hero and a traitor. Through the play Macduff leaves his family‚ attacks the king‚ Macbeth‚ and kills Macbeth. In the play Macduff is shown as traitor in many ways. Macduff is a traitor for many reasons. In act 4 scene 3 Macduff goes to Malcolm‚ who is the prince of cumberland meaning he is the one who was supposed to become king next‚ and tells him about all bad things that are happening in scotland. Macduff also tries to convince Malcolm
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Macbeth and Macduff opposite sides to the same coin. Though Macbeth and Macduff appear very different‚ they have quite a few things in common. Macbeth is very ambitious and seeking power where as Macduff does not disregard the people around him to simply further his own goals‚ and instead puts the people of his sovereign country ahead of himself. Another example would be that both were brave. They should both be considered very efficient workers who completed their jobs well respectively “(to MACBETH)
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The importance of Macduff in the play. from Keynotes Although the character is not developed in any great detail‚ Macduff performs a number of important dramatic functions. His reaction to discovering that Duncan has been murdered underlines the gravity of Macbeth’s crime. Macduff is a shrewd character‚ and the first to suspect Macbeth. After Macduff departs for England‚ he becomes a symbol of hope for his suffering country‚ later playing a central role in the counter movement against Macbeth
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Macbeth and MacDuff have come from the same character background both are Kinsman to the King of Scotland Duncan. But as the story progresses we see a loyal‚ brave and Noble Macbeth turn into treacherous bloodthirsty monster his betrayal has no bound for he has killed his king Duncan‚ his best friend Banquo and slaughtered the children of MacDuff whereas MacDuff is committed to ending MacBeth’s reign by seeking out Scotland’s true heir Malcolm and Donalbain. In Act MacBeth and Banquo come across
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Macbeth‚ Banquo‚ and Macduff are all very interesting and crucial to the play‚ Macbeth. They are also complex in a way. The most complex in my opinion is Macbeth. He is introduced at the the beginning as this one great hero thats just outstanding and wonderful‚ and everyone is esteeming him. He then sees the witches‚ that say he will be king of Cawdor. He is suddenly struck with the thought that he would have to kill Duncan for the the throne. This changes him and turns him into someone that he wasn’t
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and Macduff are three characters in Shakespears tragedy‚ Macbeth. These three characters have some similarities‚ but ultimately are very different in the choices and decisions they make‚ and all play a different role in this play. Macbeth is an ambitious Thane who lets his greed and thirst for power overcome his loyalty. Banquo plays a neutral role; he is loyal but capable of some evil. Macduff is a strong‚ selfless character whose first priority is the good of Scotland. All three characters have
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In Act IV‚ Scene II‚ where Lady Macduff appears‚ it is clear that Shakespeare intended her as a foil for Lady Macbeth. First of all‚ Lady Macduff cares about her son and has maternal instinct. She says‚ “To leave his wife‚ to leave his babes from whence himself does fly? … For the poor wren‚ the most diminutive of birds‚ will fight‚ her young ones in her nest‚ against the owl” (4.2.6-11). She is protective of her son and is a traditional mother figure; she says that even the birds care about their
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In the play ’Macbeth’ we notice that the roles of Lady Macbeth and Macduff are very different. In the one scene that Lady Macduff is in we see that she is portrayed as a stereotypical woman of the Jacobean era. She was defined principally as a mother‚ was reliant on her husband and helpless when he is absent. At the beginning of the play we see these properties in Lady Macbeth. However she specifically called on the ’spirits’ to repress her femininity thus taking away these properties to make her
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Macduff vs. Macbeth: A True Instance of Good vs. Evil? At the end of the play Macbeth‚ Macduff kills Macbeth in a scene easily read as the victory of good over evil‚ but is this accurate? Is Macbeth completely evil? Is Macduff completely good? Or is there an in between? I believe that Macduff is good‚ but there is definitely an in-between with Macbeth. I see Macduff as being a good person. He does everything he can to improve the state that Scotland is in. When he flees to England and
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Characters- be they villains‚ vagrants‚ kings‚ or commoners – are the essence of Shakespeare’s plays. The essence of anything lies in the set of attributes that render it the characteristics of its substance‚ purpose and function. In Shakespeare’s play‚ “Macbeth”‚ the essence of the play are the characters. Shakespeare uses a variety of different characters and all of them carry a different idea about our society. This includes kings‚ who carry the idea of chivalry‚ majesty and kindness; villains
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