Macbeth always finds a way to get by with a cowardly act, until he met his demise when he is slaughtered by Macduff as reprisal. Macbeth is a villainous character, while Macduff always behaves honorably. If he scape, Heaven forgive him too.” Macduff swears to do the right thing, by fighting Macbeth fairly, and not killing him from behind, but rather face to face. He plans to get vengeance by murdering Macbeth, “Bring thou this fiend of Scotland and myself within my sword’s length set him. All my pretty ones? Did you say all? O hell-kite! All? What, all my pretty chickens and their dam at one fell swoop?” Macduff vows to get even with honor. Macduff describes how he cannot take appropriate revenge on Macbeth because he does not have any children, “He has no children. Macbeth always acts gutless and evil, whereas Macduff is the more honorable and brave character in the play. Macduff desires to murder Macbeth after Macbeth cowardly murders Macduff’s wife and children.
Macduff’s family is very important and precious to him. Macbeth cannot have a family, as he in incapable of conceiving a child with Lady Macbeth, while Macduff has a family.
Macbeth foils Macduff in many other ways. Macbeth concededly proclaims, “That will never be: Who can impress the forest, bid the tree unfix his earthbound root? Sweet bodements, good.” Macbeth’s arrogant attitude will lead to his fall as a tragic hero. Ultimately, these arrogant thoughts will lead to the downfall of Macbeth. “Then live, Macduff, what need I fear of thee?” Macbeth is acting as if he were invincible, and he feels like nothing can bring him down. He displays his arrogance and over-confident personality when he visits the witches in Act IV, scene iii. In addition to being loyal to only himself, Macbeth is also overconfident and cocky. Macduff immediately wakes everyone, pulling them from bed to explain what he has learned about Macbeth, “Awake awake! Ring the alarum bell! Murder and treason! Banquo and Donaldbain! Malcolm, awake, shake off this downy sleep, death’s counterfeit, and look on death itself.” Macduff has found the real truth, and his brave, honorable personality comes through that night. He discovers Macbeth’s hidden self, finding out about the evil and wicked acts Macbeth carried out when he killed Duncan. Macduff comes face to face with his true enemy when he knocks at the gate of Macbeth’s castle. The Macduffs and Macbeths are exact opposites as written by William Shakespeare, making them the perfect foil for each other. Lady Macbeth is a murderous, destructive character, while Lady Macduff is the opposite in that she is maternal, kind, and loving. Lady Macduff hates lying and treachery, and in contrast Lady Macbeth loves to lie and commit acts of treachery. Lady Macbeth and Lady Macduff are also foils. Macbeth and Macduff contrast each other in many ways, such as Macbeth’s inability to have a family, while Macduff’s most precious thing in his life is his family.
Macbeth is only loyal to himself, while Macduff gets tested, and proven to be loyal to Scotland and the king. In Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” the Macduffs are foils to the Macbeths because the Macduffs are good, heroic characters, and the Macbeths are evil-oriented people.
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