Act 4 scene 2

It starts off at Macduff's castle where Ross tells lady Macduff that her husband had fled to England.  She felt betrayed and asked Ross why he fled, but Ross just told her to trust his judgment and left.  Lady Macduff then tells her son that his father is dead but he denies the word of his mother.  A messenger then enters telling lady Macduff to flee as her life is in danger.  She ignores the warning as she done nothing wrong.  Soon after, murderers enter and ask for the traitor Macduff.  The boy called them liars and then the murderer murdered him.  The last words that left the boys mouth was telling his mother to flee.  The murderer follows her.

Reaction:
I didn't like the fact that the lady Macduff lied to her son saying that his father is dead.  It shows that she doesn't really care about her husband and is just a person who can be used for her benefits.  Lying to the son is even worst because if his father ever comes back and is safe, he will be very confused at why his own mother would lie to him.  He will be angry at his mother for lying to him.  Even if it was to protect him.  Too bad it doesn't matter now since he's dead.

Questions:
Why didn't lady Macduff listen the the messenger's warning?
Why does the son believe that his father is still alive and is not a traitor?
Was the son afraid of death when he talked back to the murderers?
How old is the son?

Prediction:
I predict that the murderers will catch lady Macduff and kill her as she isn't use to running compare to the murderers.  I think Macbeth will use the head of lady Macduff and the son and show it to Macduff when he comes back to Scotland. To show him the consequence of betraying the King.


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Extra:
The staging wouldn't be that different from the book but the time may be different.  The outfit that lady Macduff will wear is a typical dress you see people wearing of high class.  The murderer's outfit would properly be a type of chain mail armor with leather armor on top of it.  There weapons would be daggers.  I think their deaths happen in the morning close to noon.  I would only have Lady Macduff's child as the scene didn't indicate that there were other children.  I would probably make the child be around 7-8 years old.  I think when the murderer arrived, both of them were at the outer part of the castle.