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As the story of [|Macbeth] is coming to a close, the reader learns about the murdering of [|Macduff's] family. Macduff's wife and child were killed in cold blood. After hearing about this news, Macduff saw only vengeance in his eyes. So throwing caution to the wind, Macduff strived to kill those responsible for killing his family. His target was Macbeth, the unrightful king of Scotland. So he and the army Malcolm had gathered from England marched to Macbeth's castle so Macduff could settle his debt. [|William Wallace] best exemplifies Macduff and his life. Wallace's life is quite parallel to Macduff and how his life was changed by others.

Towards the end of the story //Macbeth//, Macduff leaves his family to seek assistance with usurping Macbeth from his throne. As Macduff is away, Macbeth orders for Macduff's family to be killed. So assassins went to Macduff's house and murdered both his son and wife. One of Macduff's messengers told him of the news and he was very distraught.

Ross: Your castle is surprised, your wife and babes, Savagely slaughtered. To relate the manner Were on the quarry of these murdered deer, To add the death of you (4.3.240-244)

Upon hearing the news Macduff swore to get revenge on Macbeth for what he has done. Macduff would fight with Malcolm and England to take over the throne of Scotland and save it from it's bloodthirsty king. Macduff killed Macbeth in revenge for his wife and children and partly to overthrow Scotland's corrupt government. In response to Macduff's agreement to fight and kill Macbeth, Malcolm says:

This tune goes manly. Come, go we to the King. Our power is ready; Our lack is nothing but or leave. Macbeth, Is ripe for shaking, and the powers above Put on their instruments. Recieve what cheer you may. The night is long that never finds day. (4.3. 276-282)

When Macduff finally faced he was determined to kill him both a Scotland saving his government and as a man seeking revenge for his murdered wife and children. When he sees Macbeth in Act 5 Scene 7 he says:

That way the noise is. Tyrant, show thy face! If thou beest slain, and with no stoke of mine, My wife and children's ghosts will haunt me still. I cannot strike at wretched kerns, whose arms Are hired to bear their stabes. Either thou, Macbeth, Or else my sword with an unbattered edge I sheathe again undeeded. There thou shoudst be; By this great clatter, one of greatest note Seems bruited. Let me find him, Fortune, And more I beg not.

William Wallace was a Scottish knight and landowner who was determined to seek revenge for many of the same reasons as Macduff did in //Macbeth.// Wallace was happily married to Mario Braidfute when she murdered by the sheriff William Heselrig. William Wallace justly took his revenge and murdered the sheriff. Following the murder Wallace help lead the revolt against the British forces occupying Scotland. Wallace was later executed for his involvement but he went down in history for his courageousness in seeking just revenge and bravely leading Scotland to successfully overthrow the British and gain the country's freedom back.

The differences between Wallace and Macduff are not very vast. Both had to deal with pain of losing loved ones, and both took revenge on the one who caused them pain. Wallace's wife, Mario Braidfute, was murdered by an English sheriff named William Heselrig. So much like Macduff he avenged his family's death my slaying the culprit. Macbeth was much like the sheriff who killed William Wallace's wife. Macbeth killed Macduff's wife and kids. Both Macbeth and Heselrig were a part of the judicial system. Macduff was trying to overthrow the government of Scotland as well by taking out Macbeth. And after William Wallace killed the sheriff he took it farther by leading his fellow citizens and friends of Scotland to overthrow the British authority in Scotland. And both succeeded in what they were trying to do even though Wallace was executed by the enemy in the process. The similarities between the two are so vast that it almost makes one wonder if Shakespeare had adapted William Wallace's life for the character of Macduff.