Macduff Character Analysis

INTRODUCTION
Slice of life is a memoir which is based on the memories of a character called “Macduff” who was a minor character in the entire play but the role played by him was very strong and it was critical in the conclusion of this play. Macduff was a character who was victimized by the lead character Macbeth and his entire families including children were killed by the onslaught of Macbeth’s army. This memoir starts with when he got the information about the death of his family whilst in England and decided to take revenge by killing Macbeth. Death of his wife and young kids also sets the overall tone of sympathy for the character and forces reader to understand the pain he went through and reason for his undying passion towards death of Macbeth (Clark and Mason, 2015).
MEMOIR
Today when I have conquered Macbeth and fulfilled my desire it looks like it was just yesterday when i was ruling my castle in peace and prosperity where my entire family was safe and happy with me. For all intents and purposes I was a fairly satisfied ruler who was not interfering with anyone’s matter then how does this misfortune befallen on me. It was a sad day for my entire family when the prophecy of three witches which were warning Macbeth told him to stay aware of me. Macbeth could not understand that staying away from me and my
family was the real way to stay aware rather than raiding my castle and then killing my entire family while hunting me. I guess this was the pivotal point of my life from where there was no turning back but to avenge myself.
I think one of the biggest mistakes which i have done in my life is that I ran to England in fear because i never thought Macbeth would be so mad with fear that he will slay my family if he cannot find me.
The moment Ross told me what has been done...”My entire life’s existence shrunk to the focus of destruction and demise of Macbeth and avenge my family”. Since my childhood I always knew that my basic character is not of passion, aggression but after the incident I succeeded in developing my entire anger into a strong strategy and channelized it towards a revenge which ultimately leads towards my victory and death of Macbeth (British Library,
2016).
Destiny play’s a very amusing role in a man’s life and i am a living example of being child of destiny. I am amused by the fact how Macbeth invited his death on himself while all the time thinking that this was for his own good. I have not been a part of any major war and its strategy development so far but god has given me the will to develop a strategy for the army which was able to confuse Macbeth and his army about the upcoming battle and it was fortuitous of me that i found some allies who were at loggerheads with Macbeth and in turn we turned into accomplice (Bloom, 2008).
As a ruler and as a person i always had strong belief in justice and values which indicate “an eye for an eye” is the justice needed and that is exactly what I did with Macbeth. There is some remorse or guilt in my mind but there is also a mix of a very different type of satisfaction which can only be achieved when a passion burning for ages gets fulfilled. I am a person who has been wronged and now I think I have turned into an arrogant character that would do understand anyone doing anything needed to ensure that their family is safe.
In my heart I feel the undying and lifelong gratitude towards my supporters and alies in this battle who helped me take this revenge and in return I would do anything humanly possible to support them and be a united front if ever god forbids they face an enemy. In retrospect I have learned the power and ability of a united force in front of a common enemy. I am Forsyth that these joined hands are now “joined forever”.
Even though revenge is taken and i have won but still no one can understand the difficulty i have seen. Only I can understand the pain I went through and reason for my undying passion towards death of Macbeth and I would never be able to explain to anyone how satisfying this victory is for me. I am also great full to the Mother nature and the God Almighty because they gave me some unique attributes like me being born “"From my mother's womb untimely ripp'd"” rather than a normal birth of a man. I was born by cutting out of my mother’s womb and because of that I was able to fulfil prophecy made by the three witches about death of Macbeth. It was also a fortunate decision to carry the Birmanwood as a decoy because it was instrumental in eluding the number of soldiers attacking which shaped the entire victory for me (Brooke, 1990).
If I may be able to say so, i can say that as a man i have transformed myself in a small period of time from a silent ruler to one of the intelligent and strategic decision maker with a strong vision and passion. Today even if I do not want to, still on reflection I cannot help but consider myself as a character with some common sense by showing how I have developed strategy for the army, how I was able to confuse Macbeth and his army about the upcoming battle and how I made alliance with other enemies of Macbeth (Shakespeare project.com, 2016).
References
Book
Bloom, H. (2008). Introduction. In Macbeth: Bloom's Shakespeare Through the Ages. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House. ISBN 978-0791098424.

Website:-
Shakespeare project .com (2016) Macbeth (online) available on http://theshakespeareproject.com/macbeth/macbeth-1-1.html last accessed on 1/11/2016
British library (2016) Macbeth (online) available on http://www.bl.uk/works/macbeth last accessed 30/10/2016
Journal
Brooke, N, ed. (1990). The Tragedy of Macbeth. By William Shakespeare. The Oxford Shakespeare ser. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199535835.
Clark, S. and Mason, P. eds. (2015). Macbeth. By William Shakespeare. Arden Third ser. London: The Arden Shakespeare. ISBN 978-1-9042-7140-6.