Malcolm vs Macduff

<Tab/>In act one scene three, Malcolm puts Macduff through a series of tests to conclude if Macduff is indeed loyal to him and his future kinghood. Macduff starts out by asking Malcolm to return with him and regain his royalties. To this proposition, Malcolm was suspicious, and blatantly stated to Macduff that he did not trust him because he once served with the evil Macbeth. Malcolm thought his return would …

…the battle. I fell the tests that he presented to Macduff were quite extreme, and that Macduff?s responses were too. Macduff seemed not worried about Malcolm?s future desires as king, and this also was a concern to Malcolm. The final statement Malcolm makes about himself as a soulless dictator with no shred of compassion, remorse, or feeling. Malcolm knew that no man could honestly welcome such an evil king like Macbeth once again.