Macduff Quotes

• "lest our old robes sit easier than our new"

  • bleak perception of a future Scotland under Macbeth
  • there will be chaos and divergents
• " fit to govern? " No not to live!"

  • rhetorical question
  • strong hatred of tyranny
• "thy hope ends here"

  • pessimistic outlook
  • no happiness of ruled by a tyrant
• "cruel are the times when we are traitor and do not know ourselves"

  • doing what he thinks is best for Scotland
  • becomes the foil of macbeth
• "most sacrilegious murder hath broke ope the lords anointed table"

  • metaphorical language
  • reinforce the holiness of Duncan's reign
  • divinely ordained
  • loyalty to Scotland