Macduff + a little Malcom

• ‘most sacrilegious murder hath broke ope the lords anointed temple‘ act 2 


  alliteration of m show how shocking it is to break divine right of kings present Macduff as moralistic.

  
  

  personifies Duncan body as ‘ temple ‘ reinforces holiness as Duncan is divinity appointed so his murder is not only a crime but as he anointed with holy oil it unforgivable sin against God ‘ sacrilegious ‘ unholy tantamount equivalent to killing God
• ‘ o horror, horror, horror …. Awake, awake! Ring the alarm bell. Murder and treason! … as from your grave rise up and walk like sprites to countenance this horror ‘ act 2


  Repetition that he very emotional about death emphasises strength of emotion to take on role of judge on God behalf for judgement day
• ‘ tyrant whose sole name blister our tongue was once thought honest ‘ act 4 Malcom 


  Dehumanise Macbeth to just his wickedness the equivocation how the sprits have consumed him but we question maybe Macbeth always been this way
• ‘ angles are stil bright though brightest fell ‘ - Malcom act 4 


  Extension of Macbeth theme of deception through lucifers
• ‘ not in the legions of the horrid hell can come a devil more dammed in evils to top Macbeth‘ act 


  ‘Devil‘ show Macbeth associates with dark supernatural forces semantic flied of hell show Macduff incredulity that no one is worse than Macbeth

  biblical connections: reinforces to where legions demon posed a boy and kills a child parallel to how Macbeth is a child killer of Macduff child how this is dramatic irony as Macduff doesn’t yet know
• ‘ o Scotland, Scotland … o nation so miserable with untitled truant bloody- sceptered, when shall thou see wholesome days‘ 


  Motif of personifying Scotland show him as patriotic adores Scotland and recognise significance of Greta chain of being for the stability of the country show the detrimental effect of a Macbeth holistic rule
• ‘ bleed, bleed, poor country ‘ act 4 scene 5
• “ I shall do so but I must feel it as a man “ act 4 


  The verb ’feel’ show he a complete man masculine strength but with feminine compassion balanced harmony of amimus and anima opposite to Macbeth response to lady Macbeth death ‘ she should of died hereafter ‘ act 5 scene 5
• “ all my pretty ones ? Did you say ? O hell and kite-all?”

  “ pretty chickens “


  Metaphor of pretty chickens shows he helpless and vulnerable as wasn’t able to put up fair fight
• ‘ I have done no harm but I remember now I am in this earthy world: where to do harm is often laudable but to do good is sometimes accounted dangerous folly” act 4 scene 2 lady Macduff 


  Lady Macduff is antithesis to Lady Macbeth as she personifies a virtuous mother and require protections and stable civilisation.

  this parallelism reinforces allusion of ‘fair is foul foul I’d fair‘
• ‘ from his mother womb untimely ripp’d ‘ act 5 scene 8 


  Declarative statement highlight Jacobeans distrust for the witches was right from the start.

  noun ’ripp’d’ very forcible and animalistic
• ‘ I have no sword my voice is my sword ! Thou bloodier villain than terms can give thee out ‘ act 5 scene 8


  personifies his sword as his voice shows his Great power over Macbeth ambition
• “ the usurper‘s cursed head .. hail king of Scotland ! “ act t 


  Exclamatory sentence show he has no ambition which is good as he respect greys chain of being and is not selfish