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- Act V
- Act V scene viii King Malcolm
- Act V scene viii Not Born of Woman
- Act V scene viii
- Act V scene vii
- Act V scene vi
- Act V scene v Tomorrow and Tomorrow
- Act V scene v Lady Macbeth's death
- Act V scene v
- Act V scene iv
- Act V scene iii
- Act V scene ii
- Act V scene i Lady Macbeth
- Act V scene i sleepwalking
- Act IV scene iii Macduff's family
- Act IV scene iii power of healing
- Act IV Macduff and Malcolm
- Act IV scene ii
- Act IV scene i Macduff's family
- Act IV scene i Macbeth and the witches
- Act III scene vi
- Act III scene v atmosphere
- Act III scene iv the relationship
- Act III scene ii the banquet
- Act III scene iii the murder
- Act III scene ii changes in character
- Act III scene i the murder plot
- Act III scene i the witches and Macbeth
- Act III scen i Banquo
- Act II Dirty Hands
- Act II Characterization
- Act II Elizabethan Audience
- Act II Figurative Language
- Act II scene iv Nature
- Act II Scene iv the suspects
- Act II scene iii Malcolm and Donalbain
- Act II scene iii Lady Macbeth
- Act II scene iii killing the others
- Act II scene iii the Porter
- Act II scene ii reactions to the murder
- Macbeth Act II scene ii voices
- Act II scene ii the murder
- Act II scene ii hallucinations
- Act Scene i Reaction to Prophecy
- Act I Ambition
- Act I the plan
- Act I the language
- Act I the assassination
- Act I Lady Macbeth
- Act I King Duncan and Macbeth
- Act I the prophecy
- Act I the three weird sisters
- Act I scene i impressions
- Act I Scene i
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4 comments:
Malcolm tests Macduff's loyalty because he suspects that Macduff might have been ordered to betray him to Macbeth. Malcolm claims that his vices are worse than Macbeth's: he is lustful and envious, he says. Malcolm's words are convincing, "All the particulars of vice so grafted / That when they shall be opened, black Macbeth / Will seem as pure as snow, and the poor state / Esteem him as a lamb, being compared / with my confineless harms." (4, 3, 51-54) Macduff responds that no one could be as worse as Macbeth. Macduff shows his love for his country by lamenting how Duncan's son does not honor his father, the "sainted king" (4, 3, 109), and has lost hope because Malcolm would repeat the evil. Malcolm then believe Macduff, and confesses that he had been testing his loyalty and that nothing he had said before was true.
Malcolm reveals to us that he is wise. He likes to test people before beginning to trust them, especially at times where he must be cautious to try and kill the king (Macbeth). Malcolm tests Macduff to see how loyal he really is to the king, and realizes he is more loyal to the safety of his country than the king. Malcolm then tells him about the troops in England who are stationed to help him kill Macbeth. Macduff seems a little relieved. This proves that Malcolm is a lot stronger than he seems to be.
It is very simple yet very logical and smart to use the technique Malcolm used to test Macduff. In this part we can see that Malcolm is a mature person to govern. THis idea was not completely accepted since he fleas very quickle y after her father left, leaving the place alone. This had showed that he was kind of unexpererience, however, this revokes that idea.
Malcom shows his qualities of leadership by gathering troops in England to attack Macbeth, the man who killed his father. He tests Macduff, because he fist must see if whether he could trust him or not. What he did in order to test Macduff was to tell him that Malcom would not be a better king although they defeat Macbeth. He explains himself of being a man who spends the money for his pleasure, get woman and just create corruption to his county. Malcom then saw the loyalty of Macduff and believes that Macduff would be a better king then he would, therefore wants Macduff as a king for his country that his father ruled before.
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