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You may want to check out the scene (I forget the #) toward the
end of the play where Malcolm and Macduff speak for awhile and
then the doctor comes in and then Rosse comes and tells Macduff
his family has been murdered. In the first part, where it is
just Malcolm and Macduff, Malcolm meets Macduff and doesn't know
whether he has been sent as a spy by Macbeth. He tests Macduff's
loyalty by pretending to be evil. Macduff thinks he is serious
and is ready to leave him, but then Malcolm reveals his test.
It's not too obvious, but there is some "fair is foul" and "foul
is fair" action going on.
You might also want to check out other things, such as Malcolm
and Donalbain's flight when their father is killed. Other's
suspect this is because they are foul--running away since they
killed their father, but that is false and they are fair. There
are tons of these little things all throughout the play.
Posted by Tristan Scholze on April 12, 1997 at 12:33:19
In Reply to "Macbeth: Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair" posted by Anne on April 10, 1997 at 14:44:05
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