Why is macduffs family murdered




















He says if Macbeth should kill him Heaven forgive him too. Act 4 Scene 3. He declares:. In Act 5 Scene 8, Macduff and Macbeth face each other on the battleground.

Is Macbeth afraid of Macduff? When he realises that Macduff is the one man who can harm him, for a moment he is a bit afraid. He says what Macduff has told him hath cowed my better part of man. When Macduff calls him a coward , he decides to fight anyway, even though he knows that he is going to die. What makes Macduff so sure that he will be able to kill Macbeth? Macduff is the one man that can harm Macbeth!

The so-called charm was just a trick. Macduff previous. Thy royal father. Anyone who were in Macduff's castle. Because Macbeth believes in the prophecies so much, he thinks that he is safe because that is what the witches want him to think.

The witches tell Macbeth to beware of Macduff, even though Macbeth thinks he is safe he wants to make sure he iscompletely safe so he decides to kill Macduff and his family but only suceeds in killing Macduffs family not Macduff, and the Macduff takes revenge and kills Macbeth. He was born by cesarean section and fulfills the witches prophecy that only a man not born of a woman can kill Macbeth. Macbeth kills Lady Macduff and her family because Macduff has turned on Macbeth. MacDuff's family. Lady Macduff and Young Macduff His wife and son.

It's a two-part answer. One, Macbeth is a traitor and killed the King of Scotland. Macduff is loyal to the rightful heir, Malcolm.

Macduff assists Malcolm in the retaking of Dunsinane castle and murders Macbeth. But Macbeth also hired assassins to have Macduffs family murdered.

Macduff's wife and children were all murdered after he fled to England with Malcolm. He refuses to kill Duncan until Lady Macbeth makes him and he refuses to kill Banquo and Macduff's family so he gets others to do it. Macbeth sent murders or assassins to kill Macduff and his family. Because Macbeth is planning to kill Banquo and Fleance.

Banquo states that none of Macbeth's family would be next in line for King but his family will. Macbeth sees the three witches to check that what Banquo was saying is correct. Because he killed his family and destroyed the country. Macduff's decision to return home to Fife rather than travel to Scone to see Macbeth's coronation is an open display of opposition.

Thus, Macbeth begins to eye Macduff as his primary competition and opposition for the throne. Macduff had fled to England but he left his wife and kids behind. Macbeth had been told by the witches to "beware Macduff" so he he wanted macduff out of the way.

Macbeth sent his soldiers to kill Macduff but when they arrived at Macduff's castle to find he had fled they killed his family instead. This meant the soldiers could go back to Macbeth with a result and Macduff didn't have an heir. Lady Macbeth does not kill king Duncan's Guard Macbeth does to prove his guilt. Macduff kills Macbeth. Kill King Duncan.

No she just convinces Macbeth to kill Duncan. And then Macbeth decides on his own to kill the bodyguards so they will not deny killing him. Log in. Study now. See Answer. Best Answer. Study guides. Duncan arrives at Inverness where Lady Macbeth, greeting him hospitably, speaks of how much she and her husband owe to their king. Macbeth fears the consequences of murdering Duncan, but Lady Macbeth furiously defends the plan and insults his manhood in now rescinding what she calls an oath.

Macbeth concedes to go ahead with the murder that night. While he awaits the appointed moment to kill the sleeping Duncan, Macbeth encounters Banquo. They speak of the Weird Sisters, and Banquo warns Macbeth against taking their prophecy seriously. Macbeth dismisses their legitimacy, but agrees with Banquo to speak of them again. Left alone, Macbeth hallucinates a bloody dagger, and fears the dire effects of murdering the king. He appears with the bloody daggers, and tells her that the deed is done.

Hearing a knock at the castle door, they rush off to bed. The knocking continues and a drunken porter admits two noblemen, Macduff and Lennox. Macbeth appears to greet them, pretending to have been awakened by their arrival. Macduff shouts out that the king is murdered. Malcolm and Donalbain fear that they are no longer safe in Scotland and agree to go their separate ways and flee the country.

Macduff and others suspect Malcolm and Donalbain of paying the guards to murder their father, and their flight confirms the suspicions. Macbeth will be crowned king. He plots the deaths of Banquo and his son, sending for two henchmen to do the deed. Macbeth reveals to Lady Macbeth his desire to rid them of the threat posed by Banquo and Fleance, and alludes to their murder, then dismisses her summarily from his company.



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