Lady Macduff, however, is the complete opposite of Lady Macbeth, and also exactly the 17th centuries' societies' definition of what a woman should be like; the kind, nurturing one and not the cold, ruthless, and scolding one. ... This is expressed through the soliloquy "He's here in double trust;  first, as I am his kinsman and his subject,  Strong both against the deed; then, as his host,  who should against his murderer shut the door,  not bear the knife myself. ...

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