Macbeth's 'Dead Butcher And His Fiend-Like Queen'
This dead butcher and his fiend-like queen'
At the end of the play, Malcolm refers to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as: ' this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen ', but how much of truth is there to this statement? If we carefully look at their actions and even more so their reactions throughout the play, we still seem to feel a sense of sympathy for them; even though they have committed such dreadful deeds. This is the mastery of Shakespeare So is Macbeth a butcher; and Lady Macbeth a fiend-like queen? Let us consider how much truth there really is to this very poignant depiction
All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter.' This is perhaps the line that lays siege to Macbeths mind, and the start of a downward spiral of mental deterioration. This scene is the first time in the play that we see Macbeth's ambition (which very quickly becomes vaulting ambition') he …show more content…
He thinks that this murder will serve as a Panado for his aches and pains; however these are all of the mind- and will not give in so easily. Then when he sees Banquo's ghost at the banquet, he is deeply distressed, and we see a rapid deterioration in his state of mind.
We are never directly told how Macbeth feels about the murder (he ordered) of Macduff's family. Their murders in retrospect gain him nothing, even though he has good reason to fear Macduff. We can see it as Macbeth ordering the murders out of spite and anger as Macduff has fled to England to help Malcolm destroy him and his empire. Because Macbeth cannot get to Macduff, he lets loose this senseless fate upon those closest to him- clearly the thoughts of a man gone
At the end of the play, Malcolm refers to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as: ' this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen ', but how much of truth is there to this statement? If we carefully look at their actions and even more so their reactions throughout the play, we still seem to feel a sense of sympathy for them; even though they have committed such dreadful deeds. This is the mastery of Shakespeare So is Macbeth a butcher; and Lady Macbeth a fiend-like queen? Let us consider how much truth there really is to this very poignant depiction
All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter.' This is perhaps the line that lays siege to Macbeths mind, and the start of a downward spiral of mental deterioration. This scene is the first time in the play that we see Macbeth's ambition (which very quickly becomes vaulting ambition') he …show more content…
He thinks that this murder will serve as a Panado for his aches and pains; however these are all of the mind- and will not give in so easily. Then when he sees Banquo's ghost at the banquet, he is deeply distressed, and we see a rapid deterioration in his state of mind.
We are never directly told how Macbeth feels about the murder (he ordered) of Macduff's family. Their murders in retrospect gain him nothing, even though he has good reason to fear Macduff. We can see it as Macbeth ordering the murders out of spite and anger as Macduff has fled to England to help Malcolm destroy him and his empire. Because Macbeth cannot get to Macduff, he lets loose this senseless fate upon those closest to him- clearly the thoughts of a man gone