macduff

• 5.8 uses symbolic language to relate him to hell "tyrant ""hellhound" "bloodier villain

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• "fit to govern? No not to live"

  • rhetorical question and hypophora emphasises his strong hatred of tyranny- loyalty to Scotland
• "he is nobal wise judicious"

  • juxtaposes macbeth
  • presents him s a trust worthy character
• Macduff symbolises

  ultimate loyalty
• "most sacrilegious murder hath broke ope the lords anointed temple"

  1. shows he believes in the DROK
  2. metaphorical language
  3. holiness of Duncan to him
• macduff is macbeths?

  foil
• "all my pretty ones?" "my children too ?" "my wife killed to ?"


  emotional in public

  cannot understand how someone would do that

  will never be able to get revenge fully as macbeth doesnt have childen so wont know the pain
• "bleed, bleed poor country"


  motif of personifying scotland

  symbolises how the country is dying as the great chain of beings have been broken