Lady Macduff by Ivy San Jose https://padlet.com/st17706/ksyrzy2hf794 A work/research on Lady Macduff's character in William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" en-us 2017-10-31 04:55:05 UTC 2017-10-31 06:55:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pictureland.png "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare st17706 https://padlet.com/st17706/ksyrzy2hf794/wish/202008905 is a tragedy by William Shakespeare; it is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake. Of all the plays that Shakespeare wrote during the reign of James I, who was patron of Shakespeare's acting company, Macbeth most clearly reflects the playwright's relationship with his sovereign.] It was first published in the Folio of 1623, possibly from a prompt book, and is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy.]]> 2017-10-31 05:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/st17706/ksyrzy2hf794/wish/202008905 Summary st17706 https://padlet.com/st17706/ksyrzy2hf794/wish/202012724 A brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the Scottish throne for himself. He is then wracked with guilt and paranoia. Forced to commit more and more murders to protect himself from enmity and suspicion, he soon becomes a tyrannical ruler. The bloodbath and consequent civil war swiftly take Macbeth and Lady Macbeth into the realms of madness and death.]]> 2017-10-31 05:50:07 UTC https://padlet.com/st17706/ksyrzy2hf794/wish/202012724 This poster focuses on the character, Lady Macduff. st17706 https://padlet.com/st17706/ksyrzy2hf794/wish/202017683 Peggy Webber (right) as Lady Macduff
Lady Macduff's entire portrait as a character is painted in this one scene, though it is clear through her actions that she is a fiercely protective mother and a woman who is not afraid to speak out against others. She speaks out unabashedly against her husband's disloyalty, saying "He loves us not" and "His flight was madness."When one of the murderers asks where her husband is she bravely replies, "I hope in no place so unsanctified / Where such as thou mayst find him." These interactions with other characters reveal her outspokenness.

Lady Macduff and Lady Macbeth are two who, "share some basic qualities but diverge in others". Though Lady Macduff is a foil to Lady Macbeth, they are not entirely opposites. Like Lady Macbeth, Lady Macduff has a husband who has abandoned her with the intention to manipulate power. Both feel the pain of loss and neither entirely understands her spouse. The contrasts are just as clear and ironic. Lady Macbeth believes her husband to be too full of the “milk of human kindness”, while Lady Macduff is furious at her husband for his unkind abandonment of his family.
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