Macduff Quotes

Question 1

Most sacrilegious ___

Answer 1

Most sacrilegious murder
Act 2 Scene 3
Alliteration

Ambition, Divine Right of Kings

Macduff could not believe along with the audience that anyone would disrupt the divine right of kings, it also shows his lack if ambition which is good because lack of ambition leads to a more stable society

Question 1

O nation miserable, with __

Answer 1

O nation miserable, with an untitled tyrant
Act 4 Scene 3
Personification

Kingship, Great Chain of Being

Macduff is explaining how the wrong king in turn leads to a ruined and miserable country, when great chain of being is disrupted it causes society to topple

Question 2

All my pretty chickens … ___

Answer 2

All my pretty chickens… in one fell swoop?
Act 4 Scene 3

Metaphor

Ambition and Supernatural

His family were helpless and vulnerable “Chickens”. Macduff realizes Macbeth is completely corrupt because of his ambition and the influence of the supernatural, links to in the Jacobean era how if you believed in witches you’d become evil

Question 3

Macduff was from his mother’s ___

Answer 3

Macduff was from his mother’s womb untimely ripp’d
Act 5 Scene 8

Declarative Sentence, Essentially declaring Macbeth’s time for life is up

Supernatural

Showed Macbeth that the supernatural had mislead him, in turn solidifying Jacobean’s distrust in witches

Question 4

The usurpers cursed head… ___

Answer 4

The usurpers cursed head… ___ Hail, king of Scotland
Act 5 Scene 8

Noun, “Usurper” displays Macduff’s disgust in Macbeth’s actions

Ambition, despite being in a position where he could take power, he chose not to, displaying his lack of ambition, in turn respecting the divine right of kings

Question 5

‘turn, ____’

Answer 5

‘turn, hellhound’

An imperative demonstrating Macduff is Maceth’s foil / equal. Hellhound is an allusion to Cerberus, the monstrous dog that guards hell.