Macduff’s role in the play begins when it is showed that he is the one tasked …show more content…
This shows how much Macduff values his family his family compared to his new king. Macbeth eventually learns of Malcolm gathering rebel forces and when he sends a message to Macduff requesting his aid, Macduff responds will and clear and powerful “NO”, this response shows to Macbeth exactly where Macduff stands. Macduff goes to england to try to convince Malcolm that he needs to not watch their beloved Scotland crumble from afar and instead take up arms and take their country back from the tyrant Macbeth. Macduff comforts the weary Malcolm while trying to motivate him. Malcolm begins to lie about all of his faults to test Macduff to insure he is not an agent of Macbeth. This continues until Malcolm’s lies get so bad that Macduff is completely disgusted with the man before him and admits that if everything that Malcolm said is true about his character than their once great country might as well be lost. When Malcolm tells Macduff that all he has said is simply a test of Macduff’s will, he responds with “such welcome and unwelcome things at once” and is almost lost in the emotions presented with the