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Lord Macduff, the Thane of Fife, is a character in William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Macduff plays a pivotal role in the play: he suspects Macbeth of regicide and eventually kills Macbeth in the final act. Macduff is a quiet man who is respected when he speaks and has loyalty to his country. He flees Scotland in order to assist Malcolm, King Duncan's son and heir, in developing an army to overtake Macbeth. He can be seen as the avenging hero who helps save Scotland from Macbeth's tyranny in the play.


Macduff Characteristics:

• Heroic 
• Noble 
• Avengeful 
• Holy 
• Family-oriented 
• Emotional 

Netflix Shows for Macduff:

Daredevil (Heroic)
A Marvel hero, Matt Murdock / Daredevil, is a blind lawyer-by-day who fights crime at night. Macduff is a hero of Macbeth for the removal of tyrannic Macbeth. Both Daredevil and Macduff in a sense could be seen as crime fighters, which is why Macduff would like this show, because it captures the heroic side of him.


Once Upon a Time (family oriented)
A big part of this show is Snow White and Prince Charming constantly making sacrifices for their family to keep everyone safe. The characters are loving and extremely family oriented, similar to how Macduff was with his wife and son. When Macbeth had them murdered, he wanted time to feel the emotions, emotions of grief and sorrow for the loss of his loved ones.


Revenge (vengeful)
A young woman named Emily Thorne (Emily VanCamp) comes to the Hamptons and rents a beach house (previously her childhood home) next door to the mansion of a wealthy family, the Graysons. Emily is actually Amanda Clarke, whose father was framed by the Graysons for treason when she was a little girl. This idea of revenge applies to Macduff because after Macbeth murdered his wife and son, he sought out revenge on Macbeth.


Reign
This captures a lot of their time frame and talks about King Henry, season two involves catholics vs protestants, which captures the holy side of Macduff, and third season is about finding new footing for the main characters as well as many secret affairs going on, which relates to Macduff when he goes to Scotland to retrieve Malcolm to raise an army, or when Macbeth goes behind everyone including his wife’s back to murder Banquo.