What do we learn of Macbeths character from Act 4, Scene 3 of Macbeth?
lit24 Teacher Doctorate eNotes Editor In Act IV, Scene iii Malcolm and Macduff have arrived in England and they are about to have an audience with the King of England. They are seen in conversation just outside the King of England’s palace. Both of them discuss the ever increasing tyranny and cruelty of Macbeth as he brutally destroys both Scotland and its people. Macduff remarks sorrowfully: each new morn New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows Strike heaven on the face, that it resounds As if it felt with Scotland and yell’d out Like syllable of dolour. Malcolm remarks very tellingly that Macbeth is so cruel that as soon as one mentions his name that person’s tongue gets scorched with blisters: This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, A little later, Malcolm sums up Macbeth’s character in the following lines: I grant him bloody, Luxurious, avaricious, false, deceitful, Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin That has a name. This is proved true at the end of the scen
