Matthew studied scene (ii) wherein McDuff is twice described as a "traitor". We examined the perspectives of Macbeth and McDuff's wife and discussed why each feels betrayed by McDuff. Lady McDuff's fears are realized when Macbeth's "thugs" appear at her castle and slaughter both her and her children. We discussed why these murders define Macbeth's moral decline. Throughout our study of the play, Matthew has evidenced great perspicacity in questioning the motivations of many of the characters in the play, in this case Macbeth . Matthew noted that McDuff's family have in no way harmed or threatened Macbeth and the prophesy only warned Macbeth to"Beware McDuff" ,not his wife or children. Yet, Macbeth murders them . We then examined the beginning of the next scene wherein Malcolm tests McDuff's loyalty ,and we addressed Matthew's questions regarding Malcolm's motivation for testing McDuff. We located in the text the cause of McDuff's concern. During the remaining portion of the session,Matthew completed a short quiz on Act III. HW due Tues.- complete reading ACT III; answer assigned study guide questions.