In Employing a violentmetaphor,MacDuffcontends that the restoration of Scotland’snatural order necessitates physicalviolence – his ambition is to rightfully restore Scotland. Thus, the initial upheavel , brought about by Macbeth’s violenttyrannical means, mandates a similar force to rectify the naturalorder that has been disrupted
Macduff is the archetype of the avenginghero, motivated by revenge. Despite his personalmotivationsrooted in revenge, the nobility of his intentions shines through. His ambitiouspursuit of dismantlingMacbethsingle-handedly to restoreorder is materialising into a reality
Shortsentence:
The shortsentence reflects the shortamount of time that Scotland will have to continueto suffer – by slewingMacbeth Scotland can be rightfullygoverned and flourish underdivine ordain
‘Turn,hell-hound, turn’ (act5)
epithet‘hell-hound’
The infernalimagery evoked by the epithet‘hell-hound’accentuates Macduff‘s condemnation of Macbeth diabolical ambitions and the ensuingturmiol.
Macduff stands in starkcontrast once more as the antithesis to Macbeth. While Macbeth priorities his own selfishambitions and desires, Macduff places his country and the people that reside in it at the forefront of his concerns.