Macduff assumed at first that Malcom and Donalbain hired the soldiers to kill their father and they fled to avoid any confrontations. However, it is evident that they fled because they suspected that they were the targets of a conspiracy.
Macduff's decision to return home to Fife rather than travel to Scone to see Macbeth's coronation is an open display of opposition. Thus, Macbeth begins to eye Macduff as his primary competition and opposition for the throne.
It looks as if Malcolm and Donalbain have left the country because they are guilty of their father's murder and don't want to be caught. Macduff says in Act II Scene IV, "Malcolm and Donalbain, the king's two sons, are stolen away and fled which puts upon them the suspicion of the deed." And of course as long as everyone thinks the sons did it, nobody is suspecting Macbeth.
he mourns and is really shocked to hear his wife's death
He decides somewhat irrationally to kill MacDuff's wife and children.
He is sad
Macduff
Macbeth didn't want to fight Macduff, because he didn't want to add any more bloodied casualties to the Fife Castle massacre body count. In Act 4 Scene 2, Macbeth [c. 1014-August 15, 1057] had Macduff's entire family and household massacred at the Macduffs' home of Fife Castle. In Act 5 Scene 8, Macduff finally caught up with Macbeth and challenged him to fight. Macbeth didn't want to fight for two reasons. The reason that he didn't reveal was the witches' warning to beware of Macduff. The reason that he did reveal was the weight on his soul from having ordered the Fife Castle massacre.
Act 5, scene 5. Just after Macbeth finds out Burnam wood is moving.
Macbeth didn't think Macduff was a threat because the witches said "None of woman born shall harm Macbeth." Macbeth welcomes this good news and, assuming Macduff was born the natural way, Macbeth thinks he has nothing to fear.
I think that Macbeth was at first not as "worried" about the witches and their curses as then on in the play he finds out that every thing that the witches has been tellin him are true.
Macduff
=Macduff The Thane of Fife=
Macbeth didn't want to fight Macduff, because he didn't want to add any more bloodied casualties to the Fife Castle massacre body count. In Act 4 Scene 2, Macbeth [c. 1014-August 15, 1057] had Macduff's entire family and household massacred at the Macduffs' home of Fife Castle. In Act 5 Scene 8, Macduff finally caught up with Macbeth and challenged him to fight. Macbeth didn't want to fight for two reasons. The reason that he didn't reveal was the witches' warning to beware of Macduff. The reason that he did reveal was the weight on his soul from having ordered the Fife Castle massacre.
Act 5, scene 5. Just after Macbeth finds out Burnam wood is moving.
Macbeth didn't think Macduff was a threat because the witches said "None of woman born shall harm Macbeth." Macbeth welcomes this good news and, assuming Macduff was born the natural way, Macbeth thinks he has nothing to fear.
I think that Macbeth was at first not as "worried" about the witches and their curses as then on in the play he finds out that every thing that the witches has been tellin him are true.
Macduff believes that Macbeth killed King Duncan and thus doesn't believe Macbeth should be king. This is evident in the fact that while Macbeth goes to Scone, Macduff finds Malcolm and convinces him to reclaim the throne.
Quick, get some Duncan Donuts in!
Macduff finds King Duncan's body in his chamber after he has been murdered by Macbeth.
MacDuff, who says, "Oh horror, horror. horror!" You might say he's horrified.
Lady Macbeth cannot kill King Duncan because he reminds her of her father. She finds herself unable to harm him when she sees him resembling her father as he sleeps.
Macbeth doesn't confide in Banquo because he sees Banquo as a threat to his ambition. Banquo's descendants are said to be kings according to the witches' prophecy, which poses a risk to Macbeth's position as king. Macbeth becomes increasingly paranoid and seeks to eliminate anyone who might challenge his rule.