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Macbeth

In the play Macbeth, we see how people are meant to play a role, and to be placed in an unnatural role (or placed into a role through unnatural means) is to have to eventually suffer the consequences. The main characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth serve as the greatest examples of this theme but many other characters serve as examples as well.

The character Macduff contrasts his role as the noble man he seems to be by fleeing to England without bringing his family along. When Ross is describing Macduff to Lady Macduff he calls his character "noble, wise, judicious" (4.2.16), this is true save for the fact that he did not reveal his leaving to his family and pays the consequences. Macbeth chooses to punish Macduff by killing his family. While it cannot be said that Macduff did not fulfill his role as being noble to the royal family by going to England, the idea that a man would indirectly put his family (which he seems to care for) in danger by leaving them where his enemies......


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