Macduff

Question 1

What adjectives describe him ?

Answer 1

Naïve
Respected
Loved
Trusting

“noble”
“ wise”
“ judicious”

Question 2

What themes is he links to ?

Answer 2

Death (regicide)
Kingship
Dissembling
Trust
Betrayal

Question 3

What is a key moment for Macduff in Act 2, Scene 3 ?

Answer 3

The drunk porter lets him in and it was his knocking that shocked Macbeth- “Here’s a knocking indeed” - Macduff is the play’s hero so he is going to be there when the tragic hero does something wrong

Question 4

What is a key moment for Macduff in Act 2, scene 3 ?

Answer 4

Discovers Duncan’s body:

“O horror! Horror! Horror! “ , “your royal father’s murdered” and “Awake!Awake!” - he is horrified to fine his king murdered and he is in a state of shock, he is also the one to find him since he will be the one to avenge him

Question 5

What is a key moment for Macduff in Act 2 , scene 4 ?

Answer 5

Refuses to go to Macbeth’s coronation : “No cousin, I’ll to fife”. “Lest our old robes sit easier than our new “ - doesn’t support Macbeth

Question 6

What is a key moment for Macduff in Act 4 , scene 3 ?

Answer 6

Tested Malcom when he went to England :

“I shall tread upon the tyrant’s head “

“what he should be ?” - “It is myself”

Question 7

What is a key moment for Macduff in Act 4 , scene 3 ?

Answer 7

Learns of his family’s death:

“My wife killed too?”
“All my pretty ones?”
“All my pretty chicken”

(“Dispute it like a man” )

“I shall do so, But i also must feel it as a man”

“Heaven rest them now!”

Question 8

What is a key moment for Macduff in Act 5 , scene 8 ?

Answer 8

He kills Macbeth:

“Turn, hell-hound, turn”
“Macduff was from his mother’s womb untimely ripped”

“Yield thee coward “

“Macbeth slain”