There are many ways you can compare Macbeth and Macduff. For one, both characters hold great honor from the king. Macbeth has become a war hero and Macduff is the general in Duncan's army. Also, both Macbeth and Macduff are considered war heros, where they were fearless in their battles. On many accounts both men show human traits. Macbeth's human traits are shown at two particular time; one is when he plans the murder on Duncan, he begins to have doubt and he is mocked by Lady Macbeth so he continues his plans. The other one is when his private ambitions are made known through his soliloquies. Macduff's human trait is shown when he learns of his family's death, he must hold back his emotion. One final way we can compare Macbeth and Macduff is by their boldness. They both go after what they want; however, they may have different motivations.

     Macbeth and Macduff are different in many ways. One is their motivates for wanting to kill. Macbeth was very evil; therefore, he wanted to murder to higher himself in society. His evil deeds will eventually ruin him. Macbeth will later go crazy because he is fighting greed and guilt, two totally different emotions. Macbeth's greed causes him to preform more and more terrible deeds. Because of these deeds and the guilt he has, Macbeth is haunted by supernatural events such as seeing Banquo's ghost and the floating dagger. Macduff's reason for wanting to kill is completely different from Macbeth's. Macduff is considered the archtype of the avenging hero. He only starts to seek revenge when Macbeth kills his family. So Macduff has a good purpose for his revenge. Another way they are different is because Macduff is portraying Christ in one scene. When he knocks on Macbeth's castle, he portrays Christ, who, "before his final asension into Heaven, goes down to release the souls of the damed from Hell." One final way we can show the difference between Macbeth and Macduff is human traits. First, Macduff shows his emotion and Macbeth has no emotion. Also, toward the end of the play, Macbeth shows his human trait of pride when he goes to visit the witches on his on time. Finally, during the last battle Macduff once again shows his feelings by crying out "I have no words; my voice is in my sword" and Macbeth shows no feelings or emotion by saying nothing.

     In Conclusion, there are many ways that Macbeth and Macduff are shown to be similar as well as very different.