Lady+Macduff

__Murderers killing Lady Macduff and her son__
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Biography**:

Lady Macduff is Macduff's wife who is left alone and defenseless with their son while Macduff left to England to convince Malcolm to take over Scotland from Macbeth. Instead of telling him the truth, Lady Macduff tells her son that his father died and was a traitor but her son does not believe her. The only part of the play we see her in is Act 4, Scene 2 where Macbeth's men attack and kill her and her son at the end of the scene. In this part of the play she is also arguing with her son because she is trying to convince him that Macduff just left them for no reason, and that he abandoned them. The son does not like this idea and they start an argument, and he is making fun of her and offending her, and in this exact instant is when the murderers come in.

Lady Macduff is interesting to me, but in a different way from Lady Macbeth. I enjoyed the female characters in this play a lot actually, because some of them were not typical (i.e. Lady Macbeth), and Lady Macduff is another atypical female. I read the part of Lady Macduff in class, and I was surprised to hear her response to the fact that her husband was killed. In fact, I didn't think I was reading the line right. She doesn't cry, she doesn't get upset. She simply explains that he was a traitor, and that essentially, he deserved to die. I thought this reaction was somewhat unrealistic and I don't think that anyone would react this way to their husband's death (or even their ex-husband's death for that matter), although I suppose I don't know for sure. Regardless, Lady Macduff, although a small role, definitely caught my attention, especially because she was an unusual representation of a female character. -Kelsey
 * Opinions/Thoughts on the Character**

Quotes: "Yes, he is dead. How wilt thou do for a father?" "Nay, how will you do for a husband?"