Continuing our class discussion on dramatic structure and the Freytag triangle , we examined IV (ii) by first structurally noting how Shakespeare paints Macbeth as a morally corrupt King who kills McDuff's wife and children and thereby heightens the dramatic tension leading up to the play's climax where MacDuff finally confronts Macbeth. I then assisted Nina in comprehending the next somewhat oblique scene wherein Malcolm tests McDuff's loyalty by belittling himself. We discussed why Malcom distrusts McDuff and practiced metaphor interpretation by studying a passage that personifies a "bleeding "Scotland under the "yoke" of the tyrant, Macbeth. In order to further assist an understanding of this scene, I additionally provided historical information about King Edward the Confessor who is continually referenced throughout the scene .