What did Lady Macduff think about her husband?

Answer 1

Answer #1 by Ginezumi Lady Macduff's main concern about her husband was the interpretation that others would give to his flight. She wasn't concerned about the reason that he might have had to do so. The nobleman Ross tried to tell her that she didn't have enough information to pass judgment on the why and wherefor, and that she should await word from Macduff as to the reason. But Macduff's Lady wouldn't listen. When she therefore moved from others' interpretations to her husband's motivations, she opted for madness, fear, or betrayal as reasons for her husband's escape. And so, in comparison to Lady Macbeth, Lady Macduff appeared to neither know nor understand her husband. By way of example, it would be interesting to look at Lady Macbeth's main concern about her husband. She knew him well, and always looked first to a husband's reasons and then to others' interpretations. And so her main concern was Macbeth's kindness. She feared his tendency to choose the morally correct way to get something done. She likewise feared his tendency not to do something that couldn't be done in a morally correct way. Answer #2 by Quailly3 Lady Macduff is mainly concerned with her husband's safety, even though he may be a traitor and he abandoned her and their children. She says to the murderers when they ask where Macduff is, 'I hope, in no place so unsanctified/That such as thou may find him'. She hopes that he is safe from the murderers even as she is threatened.

Answer 2

Lady Macduff's sole appearance was in Act 4 Scene 2. She didn't appear to know or think much of her husband. The noble Scotsman Ross had brought her news of her husband's flight from Scotland. She first characterized her husband as mad for having left. She then characterized him as cold-hearted and selfish for having left his family in a place from which he had fled. She went on to characterize him as unloving for having abandoned her and his family. She ended up by characterizing him as a dead traitor.