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The Macbeths - "this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen"

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"this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen". Is this a fair comment on the characters of the Macbeths?



  1. Malcolm said this. There is bias. Macbeth kills his father Duncan. Malcolm should be king instead of Macbeth. Macbeth seizes power by force. Also, Macbeth brings chaos and destruction to Scotland (his homeland). Therefore, Malcolm makes a subjective comment on the Macbeths that they are "butcher" and "fiend-like queen".
  2. However, it contains some truth in it. Macbeth did murder Duncan and Banquo. In order to consolidate his power, he kills Macduff's wife and son and all the people in the Castle of Fife .At this point, he is a "butcher". For Lady Macbeth, she did persuade Macbeth to kill Duncan. She emboldens Macbeth by saying"How tender ¡¥tis to love the babe that milks me-I would, while it was smiling in my face, have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums, and dashed the brains out" Her persuasion quickens the pace of the murder. She is a "fiend-like queen "at that point.
  3. A butcher is a person who kills people unnecessarily and brutally. A fiend is someone very cruel and spiteful.
  4. It is not a fair comment. They are not "butcher" and "fiend" all through. They changes from Act 1 to Act5.
  5. Macbeth starts with a loyal and valour soldier who sheds blood righteously to maintain peace and order in the country. In Act 1 Scene 2, it says that, "Brave Macbeth¡Kwith sword steaming with blood, he carved his way forward till he finds the wretch." He hesitates in the killing of Duncan. In Act 1 Scene 7, Macbeth says "We'll go no further in this business. He was honored me recently, and I've won great respect form all sorts of people." In Act 2 Scene2, after Macbeth murders Duncan, even he himself describes Duncan's death as "a sorry sight". He says that "Look on't again I dare not". On this stage, Macbeth still has conscience. Not until Act 3 onwards, Macbeths becomes a "butcher" that blood is no longer shed righteously. He kills Banquo and all the people in Macduff's castle. All the people suffer under his tyranny. It's not a fair comment for Lade Macbeth. She is not evil at all times. Though she seems to be screwd, she shows her fears (projection of her guilt).In act 2 Scene2, Lady Macbeth cannot kill Duncan because she sees her own father in Duncan. She says,"Had he not...

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Date:   05/03/2002

Category:   Macbeth

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