Everyone in Macduff's castle is put to death, including Lady Macduff and their young son.

In England, Macduff is informed by Ross that his " castle is surprised ; wife and babes / Savagely slaughter'd " ( 4. 3. 204-5 ).

When this news of his family ’ s execution reaches him, Macduff is stricken with grief and vows revenge.

Macbeth finds that there are always potential threats to the throne — such as Banquo, Fleance, and Macduff — and he is tempted to use violent means to dispose of them.

The later prophecy by the first apparition of the witches that Macbeth should " Beware Macduff " is also a self-fulfilling prophecy.

This is similar to the reference in Macbeth to how the character of Macduff is not " of woman born ".

Macduff, the Thane of Fife, is a character in William Shakespeare's Macbeth ( c. 1603-1607 ).

Macduff, who is still in England, learns of his family ’ s deaths through Ross, another Scottish thane.

The contrast between Macduff and Macbeth is accentuated by their approaches to death.

This interpretation is supported by Macduff ’ s reaction upon his discovery of Duncan ’ s corpse and the echo of Macduff ’ s words when Macbeth responds to the news of Lady Macbeth ’ s death.

In the exchange between the two Scotsmen, Malcolm is clearly in control and forces Macduff to examine and reconcile with himself his own moral code.

Therefore, Macduff is right in accepting Malcolm as king.

As Macbeth assassinates Duncan, so MacBird is responsible for the assassination of Ken O ' Dunc ; and as Macbeth is defeated by Macduff, so MacBird is defeated by Robert O ' Dunc ( i. e. Robert Kennedy ).

The specimen is now on display in Macduff Marine Aquarium in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Clan Macduff is the first Scottish clan to be recognized as a clan by the Scottish Parliament, by legislation dated November 1384.

La Belle gives examples of " the strangled babe " whose finger is thrown into the witches ’ cauldron ( 4. 1. 30 ); Macduff ’ s babes who are " savagely slaughter ’ d " ( 4. 3. 205 ); and the suckling babe with boneless gums whose brains Lady Macbeth would dash out ( 1. 7. 57 – 58 ) to argue that Lady Macbeth represents the ultimate anti-mother: not only would she smash in a baby ’ s brains but she would go even further to stop her means of procreation altogether.

He does not speak in this scene, but he has returned to Scotland with the army of Malcolm and Macduff, and is shown along with those hailing Malcolm as the new king after the killing of Macbeth.

* Macduff, Aberdeenshire, the former burgh which is now within the Aberdeenshire council area of Scotland

David Charles Carnegie, Earl of Southesk ( b. 3 March 1961, Marylebone, London ), styled Earl of Macduff until 16 February 1992, is the only son of the 3rd Duke of Fife, and his former wife, now The Hon.

This challenge is immediately taken up by Macduff in the next scene, Act IV Scene iii.

Depicted, counter clockwise from top-left, are: Macbeth and Banquo meet the witch es ; just after the murder of King_Duncan | Duncan ; Banquo's ghost ; Macbeth duels Macduff ; and Macbeth.

Shakespeare's source for the tragedy are the accounts of King Macbeth of Scotland, Macduff, and Duncan in Holinshed's Chronicles ( 1587 ), a history of England, Scotland and Ireland familiar to Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

A porter opens the gate and Macbeth leads them to the king's chamber, where Macduff discovers Duncan's body.

Lennox enters and tells Macbeth that Macduff has fled to England.

Macbeth orders Macduff's castle be seized, and, most cruelly, sends murderers to slaughter Macduff ’ s wife and children.

Prince Malcolm, Duncan ’ s son, has succeeded in raising an army in England, and Macduff joins him as he rides to Scotland to challenge Macbeth ’ s forces.

Macbeth boasts that he has no reason to fear Macduff, for he cannot be killed by any man born of woman.

Macbeth has a long, ten-year reign before eventually being overthrown by Macduff and Malcolm.

When Macduff learns of the murders of his wife and child, Malcolm consoles him unsympathetically with encouragement to take the news in “ manly ” fashion and use it to fuel his hatred of Macbeth.

Davenant's revision also enhanced the role of Lady Macduff, making her a thematic foil to Lady Macbeth.

He later makes an appearance in Act 4. 3, where he talks to Macduff about Macbeth and what to do.

In Act 5. 8 he watches the battle against Macbeth and Macduff with Siward and Ross.

Shakespeare was either unaware of or indifferent to this, and adopted, then adapted some of their features, including the five act structure and the aforementioned train of bad decisions, culminating in an eventual ' stoic calm ' of the protagonist, in which the character virtuously accepts the consequences of their error ( s )-" Lay on, Macduff ," in " Macbeth ".

* Macduff, Macbeth ( opera ) ( Verdi )

Abbott and Portillo have known each other since school, when they appeared in joint school productions of Romeo and Juliet ( although not in the title roles ), and of Macbeth as Lady Macduff and Macduff respectively.

His first American film role was as Macduff in Orson Welles ' version of Macbeth ( 1948 ).

He toured with Charles Doran's company for five seasons, gradually being promoted to larger parts including Macduff in Macbeth and Mark Antony in Julius Caesar.

If Macbeth had not been told this, then he might not have regarded Macduff as a threat.

Therefore he would not have killed Macduff's family, and Macduff would not have sought revenge and killed Macbeth.

Interestingly, Macduff ’ s name does not appear in this scene ; rather, Banquo refers to him as “ Dear Duff ” ( 2. 3. 75 ).

When Macbeth calls upon his nobles to contribute to the construction of Dunsinane castle, Macduff avoids the summons, arousing Macbeth's suspicions.