English resources/Macbeth/Act 4, Scene 3
Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 3
In England, Malcolm tests Macduff. Then news comes. Macduff's family is dead. He swears revenge.
Macbeth has 28 scenes in 5 acts, and Act 4 has 3 of them. Act 4, Scene 3 comes after Act 4, Scene 2 and before Act 5, Scene 1. The 3 key lines here come from Macduff and Malcolm.
This scene in five words
Macdufflearnshisfamilydied
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The quotes
3 big quotes in this scene.
All my pretty ones? Did you say "all"? O hell-kite! All?
Macduff · Act 4, Scene 3 · violence · gender and manhood
Macduff hears his family is dead. He asks again and again. He cannot believe it.
But I must also feel it as a man
Macduff · Act 4, Scene 3 · gender and manhood
Malcolm says take it like a man. Macduff says a man feels it too.
Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell
Malcolm · Act 4, Scene 3 · kingship · appearance and reality
Even the devil was an angel once. Malcolm tests Macduff. He trusts no one.
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