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What does Malcolm ask macduff about his family?
Malcolm asks Macduff about his family to test his loyalty and see if Macduff is truly trustworthy. He pretends to be a tyrant like Macbeth to see if Macduff would still support him.
Why does Malcolm hesitate to accept Macduff's offer of assistance?
Malcolm is testing Macduff's integrity. If Macduff had embraced Malcolm's worldly, unethical responses, Malcolm would not have trusted him enough to form an alliance with him. When Macduff wails at the imminent hopelessness of Scotland, Malcolm knows he is in the presence of a good man, and he reveals his own "innocence" and stalwart loyalty to Scotland and to God.
Who promised macduff that he will send an army?
Malcolm promised Macduff that he would send an army to help him overthrow Macbeth.
Why does Malcolm accuse himself of various vices before Macduff in the iii scene of act IV of the play 'Macbeth'?
He was testing Macduff to see if he genuinely had the interest of Scotland at heart. When Malcolm says "He hath not touched you yet" (IV, iii, 14) it means that he suspects Macduff is in league with Macbeth to take him prisoner and kill him. Malcolm then makes up all his vices to make sure that Macduff wants a good king and not just Malcolm. When Macduff responds that with his vices, Malcolm would make a terrible kind, Malcolm responds that he made the vices up and he knows that Macduff has Scotland's best interests at heart.
What were the three things Malcolm told Mscduff so he would discover his loyalty?
Malcolm told Macduff that he was greedy, and lustful and had absolutely no desire to be king. He even tried to convince Macduff to accept the opportunity to become king but instead Macduff turned down the offer and told Malcolm that despite all of his bad qualities he would still make an excellent king.
How does Macbeth handle the threat posed by Macduff?
Malcom tests Macduff by saying he is going to be a horrible king. He says that this is a test to see if Macduff will continue to support him even if he was worse than Macbeth. If Macduff said he would then Malcolm would know him for a toady who would agree to anything. He then claims to be well-nigh perfect, and that he has never told a lie before the whopper he just told to Macduff. Yeah, right. Anyway, Macduff is prepared to go along with him because he would do anything to get rid of Macbeth.
What finally convices malcom that macduff is loyal?
or it could be that malcom didnt trust macduff because Macbeth hadnt touch macduffs family yet. and when Macbeth had macduffs family murdered..that's when the trust came,Macduff says he's loyal and trustworthy.Still, Malcolm's a little paranoid so he decides to test Macduff by suggesting that even he, Malcolm, might make a poor king, were they to defeat Macbeth. Scotland would suffer, he says, under his own bad habits. Malcolm claims to have an impossible lust that would only get worse as he devoured all of the maidens of Scotland.Macduff at first insists there are plenty of maidens in Scotland, and Malcolm would be satisfied.Malcolm presses further about how bad he would be as king, and Macduff finally despairs that Scotland apparently is going to be in trouble either way.Malcolm then relents because he sees Macduff is truly devoted to Scotland, not to a political alliance
Why does malcom test macduff by assigning negative attributes to himself?
He says this is his way of seeing whether Macduff is a spy for Macbeth. Anyone genuinely wanting to help Malcolm to overthrow Macbeth because he believes Malcolm is better would refuse to follow Malcolm if he was actually worse than Macbeth.
Why does Malcolm at first suspect Macduff of treachery?
Malcolm suspected Macduff of having designs on the crown and throne of Scotland. In Act 4 Scene 3, Macduff had arrived in England from Scotland. He had joined the group of discontented Scotsmen that had formed around the subsequent King Malcolm III [d. November 13, 1093]. Malcolm wanted to take the throne of Scotland away from Macbeth [c. 1014-August 15, 1057]. He wanted someone else to kill and behead Macbeth. But he didn't want Macbeth's murderer to gain the Scottish crown and throne. Malcolm knew that Macbeth had had Macduff's entire family and household murdered. So he wanted Macduff to be Macbeth's murderer. But he wanted to make sure that Macduff would do the killing only to avenge his lost family and household. He wanted to make sure that Macduff wouldn't try to claim the crown and throne as his.
How does malcom test macduffs trustworthiness and loyalty?
Malcolm tests Macduff's trustworthiness and loyalty by pretending to be unworthy of the throne, claiming he is more corrupt than Macbeth. He lists his own vices and flaws, suggesting that he would be a worse ruler, to gauge Macduff's reaction. Macduff's vehement rejection of Malcolm's claims and his insistence on the need for a good king demonstrate his loyalty to Scotland and his commitment to justice, ultimately proving his trustworthiness as an ally against Macbeth. This test serves to confirm Macduff's integrity and resolve in the face of tyranny.
Why does macduff go to see Malcolm?
well, I don't think that it was specified that he went to London, it was only said that he fled away to England. Anyway, Macduff suspected Macbeth as well, and decided to to go to England,where Malcolm is. He gets welcomed by King Edward, where Malcolm is staying. He tells him to come back and take the throne by force, and he asks King Edward to help them by providing some English armies.
Who is Macduff speaking of in this reading passage from MacBeth by William Shakespeare starting from the quote He has no children All my pretty ones?
The full passage is: MACDUFF. He has no children.--All my pretty ones? Did you say all?--O hell-kite!--All? What, all my pretty chickens and their dam At one fell swoop? MALCOLM. Dispute it like a man. MACDUFF. I shall do so; But I must also feel it as a man: I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me.--Did heaven look on, And would not take their part? Sinful Macduff, They were all struck for thee! naught that I am, Not for their own demerits, but for mine, Fell slaughter on their souls: heaven rest them now! MALCOLM. Be this the whetstone of your sword. Let grief Convert to anger; blunt not the heart, enrage it. MacDuff has just learned from Malcolm that his entire family has been killed.
