Malcom

• "To throw away the dearest thing he owned, as twere a careless trifle" - Malcom (Act 1, Scene 4)


  He takes life and death very seriously
• "Why do we hold our tongues, that most may claim this argument for ours?" - Malcom (Act 2, Scene 3)


  Malcom believes in what is fair and is unsatisfied with the lack of action into his fathers death
• "To show an unfelt sorrow is an office which the false man does easily" - Malcom (Act 2, Scene 3)


  Foreshadows Macbeths actions, despite not knowing them yet
• "This tyrants who's sole name blisters our tongue was once thought honest" - Malcom (Act 4, Scene 3)


  Malcom knows that it was Macbeth who killed his father and is used to illustrate what Macbeth has thrown away
• "Black Macbeth will seem as pure as snow" - Malcom (Act 4, Scene 3)


  Knows that Macbeth is 2 faced
• " I grant him bloody, luxurious, avaricious, false, deceitful, sudden, malicious; smacking of every sin" - Malcom (Act 4, Scene 3)


  Malcom describing Macbeth as the 7 deadly sins
• "The king becoming graces as justice, venty, temperance, stableness, bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness, devotion, patience, courage and fortitude" - Malcom (Act 4, Scene 3)


  Used to show that Malcom foils Macbeths rule by describing everything that Macbeth is not as a ruler
• "Put on their instruments receive what cheer you may: the night is long that never finds the day" - Malcom (Act 4, Scene 3)


  Rhyming couplets before battle

  Describing Macbeth's death