Macduff's Definition Of Manhood In Macbeth

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In the final scene of Act IV of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, in response to Macduff hearing that his wife and children have been murdered, he explains to Malcom that he must “also feel it as a man” (IV.iii.221) instead of solely “disput(ing) it like a man” (IV.ii.219). Ross, one of the noblemen, has just reached England to report to Malcom and Macduff of the tidings in Scotland and of Macbeth’s tyrannical rule. Now, in response to Macbeth’s murder of Macduff’s wife and children, Malcom and Macduff prepare to return to Scotland to battle with Macbeth and avenge the murders that have allowed their “grief (to) convert to anger” (IV.iii.228-29). When Macduff states that he must feel the murder of his family as a man, he is implying that manhood is not only defined by one’s ability to fight and be courageous, but since man is made in the image of God and possesses emotions and the ability to love and care, is also defined by one’s ability to mourn and truly feel the loss of loved truly.
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