Macduff Essay Plan

Question 1

Point 1 + quotations for Macduff:

Answer 1

Macduff’s morality is depicted through his strong shows of emotion towards the tyrannical acts that take place in the play.

• “O horror, horror, horror”
• A4, S3 “my children too? … my wife killed too?”
• A4, S3 “I must feel it like a man”
• A1, S5 “make thick my blood; Stop up the access and passage to remorse” - LM

Question 2

Point 2 + quotations for Macduff:

Answer 2

Macduff is presented to the epitome of integrity through his strong shows of loyalty.

• “O Scotland, O Scotland … O nation miserable”
• “bleed, bleed, poor country”

Question 3

Point 3 + quotations for Macduff:

Answer 3

Macduff is presented by Shakespeare to be a foil to Macbeth due to the differences in the ways they use violence throughout the play.

• “most sacrilegious murder hath broke ope the Lord’s anointed temple”
• “I am not treacherous.”

Question 4

Point 4 + quotations for Macduff:

Answer 4

Macduff is presented as incredibly valiant due to his restoration of order in the play.

• A2, S4 “falcon tow’ring … / Was by a mousing owl hawk’d at and kill’d”
• “turn, hell-hound, turn”
• “Here you may see the tyrant”