Q. What does Macduff do when he hears about the slaughter of his family?
How does macduff react to the news of his family’s murders? He is grief stricken and feels guilty and responsible since he left them. He is grief stricken and feels guilty and responsible since he left them. Malcolm advises him to turn his grief into rage and use it to defeat Macbeth.
Q. What does Macduff do after learning of his family fate?
Macduff ask the heavens to cut out any gap or interval of time between NOW and the time he gets to see Macbeth (the “fiend of Scotland”) face to face. If he escapes Macduff’s sword, Macduff says, let heaven forgive him his sins.
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- Q. What does Macduff do when he hears about the slaughter of his family?
- Q. What does Macduff do after learning of his family fate?
- Q. How is Macduff’s grief conveyed?
- Q. How would you describe Macduff?
- Q. Why does Macduff claim that he can never truly get revenge on Macbeth?
- Q. Do you think Macduff was justified in leaving his family in Scotland?
- Q. How is Macdonwald killed?
Q. How is Macduff’s grief conveyed?
Macduff’s grief is conveyed by his repetition of questions about his family. ; MacDuff can’t even kill Macbeth’s kids b/c he doesn’t have any. Macduff vows to fight Macbeth.
Q. How would you describe Macduff?
Macduff is a quiet man who is respected when he speaks and has loyalty to his country. He flees Scotland in order to assist Malcolm, King Duncan’s son and heir, in developing an army to overtake Macbeth. In the end, Macduff murders Macbeth and Malcolm becomes the rightful king.
Q. Why does Macduff claim that he can never truly get revenge on Macbeth?
Response: the best thing we can do for Scotland is kill the king–This was the response Malcolm had been waiting for: putting the country before the king. Malcolm says to dispute it like a man and get revenge. Macduff says revenge doesn’t matter because it will not bring his children back.
Q. Do you think Macduff was justified in leaving his family in Scotland?
Explain. Macduff was not justified in leaving his family in Scotland because although he was scared for his life, he was not considerate of his family’s life. He wanted to make sure he could trust Macduff with his plans to be king and overthrow Macbeth. This action by Malcolm serves to contrast him with his father.
Q. How is Macdonwald killed?
How did Macbeth kill Macdonwald? By running the sword up him, and splitting him in two, and when he was dead, Macbeth cut his head off.
