Also, when he tells Lady Macduff that Macduff has went to England, he doesn't waste any time at all because Lady Macduff is his cousin. He is just letting her know that everything is okay and that Macduff will be back soon. When Ross says, "you must have patience, Madam"(IV,II,I), that's when its seems that he just wants to tell her that everything is okay.
It is a different situation though when Ross lets Macduff know his wife and son are dead. When Macduff asks the two questions, " how does my wife, and all my children?" (IV,III,17 and 18) Ross says they are well, but they are dead. Ross tells Macduff that the people he loves most have been murdered slowly so he can lay the news down easy on him. At the end of the play, when Ross tells the Siward that his son is dead, He says it with compassion because he had done a great deed by standing up to King Macbeth. The Siwards response is "why then, God's solider be he! Had I as many sons as I have hairs, I would not wish them a fairer death. And so, his knell is knolled."(V,VII,47) These are strong words from the Siward and he is proud of his son.
Ross shows compassion and no compassion for the bad news he tells people (Depending on the person). His role is important. Although he is a minor character, if it wasn't for him people wouldn't know the situations that occur throughout the play.
Lady Macbeth is the most influential and powerful role in this play. Her role in the play is to be strong for Macbeth and support him. Also, to get Macbeth in the right mind set to murder people. Although she doesn't have a lot of scenes, and the ones she does have are short; they are key essentials to the play. Lady Macbeth knows that she needs to kill the King as soon as the messenger tells her that the King is coming. She says "come you spirits that tend to mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direct cruelty! Make thick my blood.
