macduff

Question 1

” i have no words, my voice is my sword”

Answer 1

draws on key idiom of action speaking louder than words
- use of violent metaphor symbolises that restoring order necessitates physical violence
- upheaval brough by MB’s tyrannical means, mandates a similar force to rectify the disrupted natural order
- Macduff embodies the avenging hero = motivated by revenge, the ambitious pursuit of dismantling Macbeth single handily to restore order is materialising into reality

Question 2

“bleed,bleed poor country” AMBITION

Answer 2

• personification = mb laments Scotland, reflective of the pervasive sense of loss and despair that permeates Scotland
• recurrent motif of bleed = MD’s despair about Scotland’s progressive demise encapsulating MB’s misanthropic disposition
• ## patriotism emphasises MB’s ruthless indifference to dismantling Scotland and serves as a compelling juxtaposition to the inherent nobility of a rightful king

Question 3

“most sacrilegous murder”

Answer 3

• religious semantic field creating sacred and holy imager - reinforces md’s distress the the the king, divinely ordained by god as believed by the divine right of kings has been callously murdered despite his sacredness
• hyperbolic language = md’s strict abidance to the religous moral code

Question 4

“here you may see the tyrant”

Answer 4

• last words macbeth hears = poignancy of the words shine through, signifying an end to mb’s destruction and the begining of restoration

Question 5

“lets make us medicines of our great revenge”

Answer 5

• immediately after learning about family’s slaughtering, begins plotting revenge motivated by a desire to hold mb accountable for his sins
• dichotomy between him and macbeth = allows audience to compare his actions and motivations with mb’s self-servig actions