Lady Macbeth (Act 4 Scene 2)

Shakespeare’s Remarkable Scene

(The Importance of 4:2) In Macbeth, act four scene two was arguably the most crucial scene in the play because it brought together many themes of the play, just in one scene. There was a very pivotal moment involved, considering Macbeth killed Macduff’s family, which made Shakespeare’s audience come to the realization that there was going to be a fight between those two. Some argue that this scene was actually the climax of the story. It became apparent to the people reading/watching this scene of just how bad Macbeth has become. He killed this innocent family, and gained absolutely nothing by doing so. It was a very pathetic moment, and the audience can’t help but feel pity for Lady Macbeth, since she and her

There were some different parts of the story that showed this theme. In this scene, Ross the messenger was trying to explain to Lady Macduff that she needed to have patience. Quite frankly, this was another theme that was in the story. However, on line 3, Lady Macduff said, “He had none: His flight was madness. When our actions do not, our fears do make us traitors.” This was very significant, because she was basically explaining that her husband is not a man. She was confused to why he would ever even think about leaving her and his child alone without protection. It’s very ironic, because she was sitting there calling him a coward, even though she doesn’t know the real reason to why he is gone. The real reason he left was so that he could defend what he loves, which is actually the complete opposite of being a coward. Earlier in Macbeth, at 1:7, on line 43, Lady Macbeth said to Macbeth, “And live a coward in thine own esteem.” She had called her man a coward, which makes it obvious that throughout the play, manliness was one of the main

On the very first line of this scene, Lady Macduff said, “What had he done, to make him fly the land?” This bird theme happened many times, in most or all the acts in the play. Earlier in the play, when Macbeth had his best friend killed, his son started to run away. In 3:3, on line 16, BanQuo said, “O, treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly!” It’s very apparent that Shakespeare liked to use this flight theme throughout this play. There were also many other times where this certain theme popped up as well. It’s really interesting to Shakespeare’s audience that he made it look so simple while putting the theme throughout all the acts