Macduff Flashcards
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Character
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dauntless, principled, valiant, honourable, virtuous, incorruptible, noble, resolute, exemplary, loyal
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Exemplifies
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Macduff exemplifies honour, virtue and integrity.
3
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Loyalty and morality
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Macduff embodies loyalty and morality amidst the moral decay and betrayal.
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Foil
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Macduff is a foil to Macbeth, exposing his cowardly violence and the consequences of unchecked ambition
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Revenge
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Macduff’s grief for his family highlights the human cost and is a catalyst for his revenge.
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Silent
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Macduff displays suspicion from the beginning of the play: remaining silent in his first scene and choosing not to attend Macbeth’s coronation.
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Loyalty
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Macduff shows loyalty to Duncan: God’s representative on earth and not Macbeth’s illegitimate usurper.
