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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.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 15y agoI've done a play of Macbeth, and I was Banquo. I don't think Macbeth tested his loyalty as such, but when they went to see the 3 weird sisters (aka the 3 witches) the witches looked into the future and told Macbeth that he would be the king, and told Banquo that he would be the father of kings (Banquo's sons would be king). The idea of the power went to Macbeth's head, but Banquo stuck by Macbeth all the time, but Macbeth hired 2 hit-men to kill Banquo so his sons couldn't be king. So Banquo was loyal to Macbeth, but Macbeth wasn't loyal to Banquo. I don't know if that's what you're looking for but I hope I helped anyway.
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∙ 12y agoMalcolm puts Macduff to a corny test by describing himself as the worst possible kind of monster. Macduff reacts strongly, telling Malcolm that he is not only unfit to rule but unfit to live. Malcolm then turns around and paints himself as perfectly virtuous, and tells Macduff that he was only testing him. Among other things he says, "I know I was lying right now, but you've got to believe me, that's the only lie I ever told in my life" Yeah, right. Macduff goes along with it though, because he would do anything to get back at Macbeth.
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∙ 11y agoThe test would suggest the Malcolm is seeing if Macduff can be trusted since he is next in throne and Macduff was pretty loyal to Macbeth and as for Macduff it just shows how he just wants to get rid of Macbeth even when Malcom said he would be worse
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∙ 11y agoHe didn't study =\ Or perhaps you are thinking of the test which is put to him by Malcolm when he meets him in England. Malcolm paints himself to be even worse as a potential king than Macbeth is, and MacDuff almost says he is ok with that, but finally says he wants no part of the kind of a king Malcolm says he will be. Saying no was passing the test, and Malcolm then confesses himself to be a liar and goes on to describe himself as the ideal king. Good thing he told us he was a liar first.
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∙ 11y agoMalcolm tests Macduff's loyalty by dishonestly pretending to be an evil man, in order to see whether Macduff will be repulsed by the evilness. Once Macduff shows that he is disgusted by this portrait of himself as a bad man, Malcolm then describes himself as a perfectly good one.
I don't know how clever this is. Fortunately for Malcolm, Ross brings news of the death of Macduff's family, which ensures that he will join Malcolm's cause. Otherwise, he might have come to the conclusion that nobody could possibly be as absolutely perfect as Malcom claims himself to be, and that since he has already proven himself to be a liar, he could be lying about that too.
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∙ 10y agoHe isn't testing Macduff's loyalty to him. He is testing Macduff's loyalty to Scotland. Malcolm pretends to be a really horrible person who would be an even worse king for Scotland than Macbeth is. If Macduff were to say, "That's OK", then Malcolm would know that Macduff is only interested in the power that comes from being a close associate of the king, or in being close to Malcolm so he can spy for Macbeth. But if he says, "You're not fit to live, never mind be king!" which is exactly what Macduff does say, it proves that Macduff is interested in the welfare of Scotland over his own personal agenda. Because Macduff's loyalty is to Scotland, not a king or would-be king, Malcolm knows he can trust him.
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∙ 8y agoMacbeth intends to deal with the threat posed by Macduff by killing him, but when he goes to do this he finds that Macduff has fled the country. So instead he kills all of Macduff's family which does not reduce the threat and in fact makes it worse.
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