Read the excerpt from act 4, scene 2 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Lady Macduff is lamenting that her husband has fled from Scotland to England.Lady Macduff. Wisdom! to leave his wife, to leave his babes,His mansion and his titles in a placeFrom whence himself does fly? He loves us not;He wants the natural touch: for the poor wren,The most diminutive of birds, will fight,Her young ones in her nest, against the owl.All is the fear and nothing is the love;As little is the wisdom, where the flightSo runs against all reason.
Lady Macduff is frustrated and angry that her husband has left his wife and children behind. She argues that even a tiny wren will fight to protect its young, so Macduff’s flight seems to show fear rather than love or wisdom. This supports “frustrated,” not “ecstatic” or “romantic.”
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