The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play full of darkness, evil, tragedy and it leads to murder of innocent people. Macbeth goes against his conscience and commits horrible deeds which leads him to lose everything he has and everyone around him. Macduff was the true hero of the play The Tragedy of Macbeth. Macduff is different from Macbeth because Macduff is courageous and unselfish. Macbeth is an evil and selfish person.
Macbeth’s wife pressures him into killing Duncan because he looked too much like her father for her to do it herself. Lady Macbeth mocks Macbeth’s manliness when he says to her that he does not want to kill Duncan. When he does, he hears the chamberlains awake and say their prayers before going back to sleep. “One cried God bless us! and Amen… List’ning their fear, I could not say ‘Amen’ when they did say God bless us” (Act II, scene 2, l. 26-29). Macduff is different from Macbeth because Macduff is a courageous man who is not selfish like Macbeth is. Macbeth kills Duncan and wipes the blood on Duncan’s servants to make it look like the servants did the killing. “Who can be wise, amazed, temperate, and furious, Loyal and neutral,
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He wants to get Macduff to come back to Scotland and fight Macbeth. Macduff says, “Let us rather Hold fast the mortal sword, and like good men Bestride our down-fall’n birthdom” (Act IV, scene 3, l. 2-4). Macduff knows wrong from right and he knows that Macbeth shouldn’t be crowned. He wants Malcolm to be crowned king because he isn’t selfish like Macbeth is. Macbeth only wants the crown to himself and that’s what makes Macduff and Macbeth different. The true hero of the play The Tragedy of Macbeth is Macduff because he is an unselfish person, and Macbeth is not. Macduff is suspicious of all the guilt surrounding Macbeth with the murders and Macduff knows wrong from right so he doesn’t want to crown Macbeth, he wants to crown
(8-10). This quote can show the reader how bad Macduff wants revenge and hopes for Macbeth to die. Macduff then goes on to say that he can kill Macbeth because of the fact he was born different and not technically from
He discloses to Malcolm that he can cry and sob like a young lady yet rather he wields his sword in the face of Macbeth and run his sword through him (Act IV Lines "246-248"). When you hear that your family is butchered you would separate and cry. It's alright to cry since it's what every single person do, everybody has feelings yet what you do with those feelings. Macduff comprehended what he needed to do which since crying and sobbing is weak which is the reason his meaning of being a man is more grounded than Macbeth's. Rather Macduff would rather face and murder Macbeth is in the face this is not quite the same as Macbeth's murder that was considered as masculine.
This is the point at which Lady Macbeth weaves her way into Macbeth’s mind, persuading him to murder Duncan, which she would not have done had she not known the prophecies of the witches. Not allowing the witches to get under his skin would have caused Macbeth to spare the life of Duncan, in return sparing his own life. When Macduff uncovers the secret behind who killed King Duncan he took a stand to avenge him. He immediately set out to murder Macbeth. Once he achieves his goal he places the head of Macbeth on a stake and praises his own victory.
Primarily, Macduff’s inner conflict revolved around his trip to England. In doing so, he would be leaving his family defenseless, but in turn, he would be able to fight against Macbeth. This inner conflict results in Macduff leaving his family as it was more important to save Scotland which results in a better life for his family. “I pray you, school yourself; but, for your husband, He is noble, wise, judicious, and best knows The fits o’ the season.” Macbeth (4.2.18-20)
“He has kill'd me, mother: Run away, I pray you!” This drives Macduff to take revenge by killing Macbeth fulfilling the prophecy and ending Macbeth’s life. If Macbeth did not have so much ambition, he would not have visited the witches or even try to kill Macduff’s family. These two events demonstrate how Macbeth’s great ambition resulted in his downfall.
Macduff went to England to find Malcolm, King Duncan’s son, who fled Scotland so he would not be killed like his father. Macbeth no longer considers Macduff loyal to him and becomes apprehensive. Macbeth consorts with the murderers again to kill Macduff’s family, “give to the edge o’ the sword his wife, babes, and all unfortunate souls that trace him in his line” (Act 4, Scene 1). When a messenger comes to deliver the news to Macduff, he becomes sad but Malcolm tells him “… Let grief convert to anger…” (Act 4, Scene 3).
Macbeth, throughout the play, is presented in an eminent position in society with major flaws, and, as such, fulfills the basic requirements of a tragic hero. Shakespeare introduces him as a brave general, an intelligent resolute man of action whose major flaw of ambition for power leads him to his last battle of death. Because Macbeth was such a strong character in the opening of the play, every perfect hero, has a dark side. The Thane of Cawdor, who later becomes King, is categorized in three sections: bravery, ambition and guilt- and to many, Macbeth, is a true tragic hero. "For brave Macbeth — well he deserves that name — Disdaining Fortune, with his brandish'd steel, which smoked with bloody execution, like valour's minion carved out his passage till he faced the slave."
In Act 3, Scene 4 Macduff skips the banquet, and begins his plan to uproot Macbeth from the throne. Macduff flees to England to join an army that would later bring the downfall to Macbeth. However, Macduff may not have predicted the ruthless and vile individual that Macbeth had become. Macbeth decides to kill Macduff’s wife and children.
Macbeth was influenced by the witches and the constant berating and bullying by his wife. He allowed himself to be corrupted and coerced and finally disrupted the Great Chain of Being himself by killing the God-chosen king and replacing him with himself. Shakespeare uses this plot to demonstrate how the great chain of being was disrupted by false ambition dominating over human nature. Macduff was born of caesarian meaning the whole play of Macbeth is ironic as it takes someone who is unnaturally born to destroy Macbeth. Ultimately, Macduff restores the Great Chain of Being by killing Macbeth and presenting the “usurpers cursed head” to Malcolm, who takes his rightful place as King as the true heir to the throne.
The motivation for Malcolm to become king is proven when he leaves to save his life and gain the support of the king of England, which will bring him closer to overthrowing Macbeth, and gaining the throne. Likewise, Malcolm`s ambition to become king is seen when he convinces Macduff to get revenge in Macbeth for killing his family. Malcolm is so overcome by his desire and goal, that he encourages Macduff to take ``great revenge/ [and t]o cure the deadly grief`(4.iii.253-254) of losing his family. One can clearly interpret that although Macbeth and Macduff are just recently informed of the killing of Macduff`s family, Malcolm is once again filled with motivation to overthrow Macbeth, instead of grieve for theA man`s ambition and desire influence his decisions in life. This is seen when Malcolm’s motivation in the play Macbeth by Shakespeare is his desire to be crowned king to get back his father’s throne.
In Act IV, Scene 3, Macduff says that he would like to take up their swords and defend where they were born: “Let us rather Hold fast the mortal sword, and like good men Bestride our down-fall’n birthdom” (l. 2-4). When Macduff is in England talking to Malcolm and the king of England, Macbeth takes action and has Macduff’s family
The story Macbeth directly scripted from the play of 1606 is a drama felt book from times long ago. A general named Macbeth that is Scottish (being his is from Scotland) had got a prophecy from these three witches telling him he would one day be King of Scotland. Macduff is the Thane of Fife he suspects Macbeth of killing the King and then ends up killing Macbeth in the last act. Macduff is often sought out to be loyal, emotional and brave which shaped the ending of the story. Macduff is a very loyal character in Macbeth.
Macbeth evidently undergoes a mental process by which he come round to the idea or murdering Duncan. He does this as a result of his wife’s manipulation, her leverage being his manliness. Without the role of Lady Macbeth, the murder of King Duncan would never have occurred in the play. Lady Macbeth had already been plotting for the murder since she received the letter concerning the three prophecies by the witches. Although Macbeth had sinister thoughts about having the throne, Macbeth would have never dared to take it upon himself to kill King Duncan and steal the throne from
He let his ambitions take control of his actions. Macbeth is a tragic hero because he redeemed a small measure of his nobility. He redeemed himself by fighting until the end of his life. He understood his fate and still fought.
Tragedy of Macbeth is a story written by William Shakespeare about a man who is power hungry to become king. This story is called a tragedy, a tragedy is a type of story that doesn 't have a happy ending. A tragedy will end up with the protagonist dieing or making a great sacrifice. Shakespeare has made many tragedies such a Romeo and Juliet for example. In every Tragedy there must be a tragic hero and in this story it shows that Macbeth is the tragic hero, is a round character, and also a very dynamic character.