The exchange between Lady Macduff and her son provides comic relief in the scene. It intensifies the suspense and anticipation of impending horror. In Scene 2, Lady Macduff complains about her husband and how he is a coward for leaving his family.
Lady Macduff accuses her husband of not loving his family enough and she says she and her children are abandoned. Macduff has fled for a higher purpose though. He is trying to save his country from a murderous tyrant.
How does Lady Macduff react to the news that her husband has gone to England? The conversation between Lady Macduff and her son is supposed to be comic relief it can occur just before a tense scene. The messenger repeatedly tells Lady Macduff he is humble, but honorable, meaning she should trust him.
He basically tells her that he is below her. He also leaves just in time; the the murderers arrive right after he exits. She tells her son it is left up to the mother to protect her young now, and that his father is dead.
The refusal, of course, makes for an untenable situation and Macduff understandably flees Scotland leaving his wife and children. Lady Macduff perhaps half believes her husband to be a traitor. In her distress and confusion, in her tenderness for her son, in her fierce loyalty to her husband Lady Macduff symbolises the good and innocent people who are mindlessly slaughtered by the tyrant Macbeth.
The character of Lady Macduff foils Lady Macbeth in her lack ambition, her genuine love of family life and her devotion to her husband. Lady Macbeth is purportedly a loving wife to her husband. It is also said that they are complimentary, in that Macbeth has ideas and Lady Macbeth forces him into action. Lady Macbeth and Lady Macduff are similar in that they expect their husbands be protect and rule their families.
When Macbeth is considering whether or not to kill Duncan, Lady Macbeth tells him that he would be more the man if he were to go after his ambitions. Table of Contents. We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. When he learns of the murder of his family he becomes even more determined to take revenge. He and Macbeth come face-to-face on the battlefield and Macduff is victorious. Act 4 Scene 3. Macduff is actually a man of few words preferring to get on with things.
He could sit around crying about his loss 'I could play the woman with mine eyes' or making great speeches about his intentions 'braggart with my tongue'. Instead he cannot wait for the moment 'cut short all intermission' when he and Macbeth come face-to-face and he can be avenged.
He refers to a…. A third man joins the two whom Macbeth has already sent to kill Banquo and Fleance. The three assassins manage…. The presentation of the witches in this scene as in 4. Lennox and an unnamed lord discuss politics in Scotland.
Macbeth approaches the witches to learn how to make his kingship secure. In response they summon for him three apparitions:…. Malcolm suspects that Macduff is….
Reports are brought to Macbeth of the Scottish and English forces massed against him. Malcolm orders each soldier to cut down and carry…. On the battlefield Macbeth kills young Siward, the son of the English commander. After Macbeth exits, Macduff arrives in search….
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Synopsis: Macduff finds Malcolm at the English court and urges him to attack Macbeth at once. Contents Characters in the Play. Entire Play Macbeth, set primarily in Scotland, mixes witchcraft, prophecy, and murder. Act 1, scene 1 Three witches plan to meet Macbeth. Act 1, scene 2 Duncan, king of Scotland, hears an account of the success in battle of his noblemen Macbeth and Banquo.
Act 1, scene 4 Duncan demands and receives assurances that the former thane of Cawdor has been executed.
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