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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?
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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.
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What is lady Macbeth's personality in Shakespeare Macbeth?
Lady Macbeth is often portrayed as a fourth witch.
Who was gruoch Macbeth's first husband?
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Shakespeare was a man and Anne was a woman. Coincidentally the same applies to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
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I assume you meant "Why did Shakespeare make Macbeth a villan?" Well, what could the storyline have been if he wasn't a villan? Shakespeare's Macbeth was based on the real Macbeth. He murdered his king, Duncan, and became king. I guess that means that the real Macbeth was a villan, and so Shakespeare only kept it that way, showing it wasn't Shakespeare that made his character of Macbeth a villan.
Why do you think Macbeth is startled by the witches predictions in act 1 of Macbeth by Shakespeare?
Why do you think Macbeth is startled by the witches prediction's in act 1 of Macbeth by Shakespeare
Has Macbeth got a son called fleance?
No, Banquo has a son called Fleance. In Shakespeare's play it is unclear whether Macbeth has any children. The historical King Macbeth had a stepson, Lulach (son of Lady Macbeth and her first husband Gillecomlan) who succeeded him as king.
What was the original language that Macbeth was written in?
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What is lady Macbeth's personality in Shakespeare Macbeth?
Lady Macbeth is often portrayed as a fourth witch.
