FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Lady Macduff
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Banquo
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Malcolm
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Herself
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lady Macbeth waits in agitation for Macbeth to kill Duncan. She comments that had the sleeping Duncan not looked like her father she would have killed him herself.
Detailed explanation-2: -The murder of Lady Macduff and her young son in Act 4, scene 2, marks the moment in which Macbeth descends into utter madness, killing neither for political gain nor to silence an enemy, but simply out of a furious desire to do harm.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: Macbeth kills Macduff’s family to punish him and to deter him from fighting against Macbeth. Macbeth orders Macduff’s family killed after he receives the second set of prophecies from the witches.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why is this scene important? Shakespeare shows the themes of loyalty and treachery being discussed and demonstrated. We see the increasing degradation and brutality of Macbeth’s reign: Banquo was assassinated for a purpose; Lady Macduff and her son, who are entirely innocent, are brutally murdered for pure spite.