Macduff

He finds the dead king. He goes to England for help. His family is killed. He is the man not born of a woman.

The quotes

8 quotes by or about Macduff, in the order they happen.

Confusion now hath made his masterpiece

Macduff · Act 2, Scene 3 · kingship · order and disorder

Macduff finds the dead king. Killing a king breaks the whole world.

none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth

Apparition · Act 4, Scene 1 · fate and free will · the supernatural · appearance and reality

No one born from a woman can hurt Macbeth. He feels safe. He should not.

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.

Turn, hellhound, turn!

Macduff · Act 5, Scene 8 · violence

Macduff calls him a dog from hell. Not a king.

I bear a charmèd life, which must not yield To one of woman born

Macbeth · Act 5, Scene 8 · fate and free will · the supernatural · appearance and reality

Macbeth still trusts the witches. The next line breaks him.

Macduff was from his mother's womb Untimely ripped

Macduff · Act 5, Scene 8 · fate and free will · the supernatural · appearance and reality

Macduff was cut out of his mother, not born. So the spell does not protect Macbeth.

Lay on, Macduff, And damned be him that first cries "Hold! Enough!"

Macbeth · Act 5, Scene 8 · violence · fate and free will

His last words. He fights even though he knows he will lose.