macduff

• violence act four: 'let's make us medicines of our great revenge'


  'medicines' and 'revenge' are alike in their outcome - solving and curing something. macduff uses this idea as they only way to help solve this incurable and 'deadly grief' is to hold macbeth accountable for his sins. thus, his violence is justified and he still remains the archetype of the avenging hero. motivated by revenge for just a case
• violence act four: 'i have no word; my voice is my sword'


  emphasises macduff's heroic qualities, draws on the belief that actions speak louder than words. macbeth's ungodly actions are not worthy of words anymore, macduff believes that order can only be restored when terminating his tyranny.
• ambition act four: 'bleed, bleed, poor country'


  his attitude towards scotland shows what fuels his ambition to restore the order. also suggests scotland is dying under macbeths barbaric reign captivating macbeths misanthropic nature. a quality which juxtaposes the role of a king.
• ambition/appearance vs reality act two: 'most sacrilegious murder'


  alliterative language, cant fathom how someone could kill the 'gracious' king. he is in pure disbelief. unlike macbeth, macduff has morals and therefore lacks immoral ambition. instead driven by 'great revenge'. pos + in jacobean era as doesn't want to improve his social ranking. aware that the 'murder' will cause irreversible damage bc of the divine right of kings. emphasised when it is stated that duncan's horses begin 2 eat each other in A2. adjective 'sacrilegious' implies he was divinely appointed and therefore sacred.
• ambition / guilt act four: 'all my pretty chickens ... in one fell swoop?'


  metaphor: compares his family to 'chickens' to highlight their vulnerability and showcase macbeth as ruthless. audience as shocked. foreshadows macduff killing macbeth as he reveals his ambition and motives to do so. macduff recognises , macbeth's pure ambition and evil intentions. ellipses show his potential guilt for leaving family. also his shock. supernatural makes people evil. understands macbeth is now corrupted.
• guilt act five: 'my wife and children's ghost will haunt me still'


  macduff wants revenge on macbeth for the brutal murder of his family. he goes through internal conflict bc he feels that the loss of his family can only be cured by killing macbeth. grieving for the death of his family. macduff too his haunted like macbeth as when he fled to england his family were slaughtered. by fleeing scotland his family were massacred. one haunted man kills another the only difference is one has morals.
• kingship / appearance vs reality act two: 'o horror, horror, horror'


  shakespeare uses repetition to emphasise the strength of macduff's devastated emotions and to emphaise his loyalty to king. we see his grief and pain, the most personable character who remains noble throughout. his remorse immediately establishes trouble for macbeth who will never compare. macduff as truly overwhelmed. the murder has left him inarticulate and in genuine 'horror'
• kingship act four: 'nation miserable with an untitled tyrant'


  shows his loyalty to scotland, even above his own personal interest unlike macbeth who went on a rampage of selfish ambition. personification of scotland melancholy nature, implies the whole of scotland are crushed and imprisoned by the reign of the wrong king. the country us almost at war with itself. noun 'tyrant' macduff is repulsed by macbeth and his ways of ruling - great chain of being: powerful when leader chosen by god only.