Macbeth Act 4 Analysis

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Three messages from Macbeth 4:2 In the story Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, Macbeth had done some evil things, throughout the whole story. He has taken many lives, and throughout act 4:2 he continues to take even more lives. Throughout Act 4:2 in William Shakespeare’s story Macbeth there are many messages to be learned from. The messages to be learned from are “Bad things happen to good people”, “Don’t leave your family unprotected”, and “Bad king equals a bad country”. The first message from Macbeth’s Act 4:2 “Bad things happen to good people”. This message from William Shakespeare’s story Macbeth relates to all the good people that had lost their lives to Macbeth throughout the story. “Who thought the old man would have so much blood in him” said by Lady Macbeth while sleep walking. Macbeth had ordered for Macduff to be killed and his whole family if they did not tell them where he was, even though Macbeth knew that Macduff had fled like a bird to Scotland. Macbeth had planned it out so that the murderers he sent to Macduff’s castle would slaughter his wife …show more content…

This message is extremely important to William Shakespeare’s story Macbeth because, Macduff leaves his wife and young son alone and leaves them unprotected even though Macbeth is still alive and slaughtering everyone in his sights that he wants to. By leaving his family unprotected they looked at him differently and his wife questioned his man hood, because a man would not leave his family unprotected. “Fathered he is, and yet he’s fatherless”, said by Lady Macduff. The young son asks Lady Macduff if his father is a traitor and she tells him yes “a traitor is one that swears and lies”. Leaving his family behind, Macbeth sends a murderer to Macduff’s castle to kill the young son and Lady Macduff. This is a great message to learn from because by Macduff leaving his family unprotected he doesn’t have a family

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