Macbeth, fiend?
"This dead like butcher and his fiend like queen" is this a fair description of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth?Malcolm made the remark "This dead like butcher and his fiend like queen," when he was crowned as the king of Scotland, after Macbeth's reign of terror. It becomes questionable upon the fairness of this justification, whether or not Macbeth was really a "butcher" and whether or not Lady Macbeth was a "fiend." In some ways, Macbeth would have fit the description of being a "butcher," after all, he had taken the lives of many people, some of them were even close associates of Macbeth. He assassinated Duncan, the king, in order to gain the throne, as he says, "I have done the deed"He also murdered Banquo, who was his best friend, due to two different reasons. The first is the witches' prophecies, which predicted that Banquo's son is to become king, and secondly, there is a sense that Banquo has his suspicions on the assassinator of the king. Acting under the name of fear, he slaughtered Lady Macduff and her son, due to the prophecies made by the witches, "Beware the thane of Fife"Macbeth only resolved himself into a far more stereotypical villain when he felt that he had gone to far, as he says, "I am in blood steppe
" These dark thoughts often conflict with the opinion others have of him, which he describes as, "Golden opinions from all sorts of people" Ironically, while hiding his "deep and dark desires" Macbeth's thoughts remained confused before, during and after the murder of Duncan. It shows to the fact that she seems to be lacking all humanity, where she calls upon the, "spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here," As if to deprive her feminine instincts to care. Nevertheless, the new-found resolve, which causes Macbeth to "wade" onward into his self-created river of blood, is persistently alarmed by supernatural events, the ghost of Banquo, an evidence suggesting Macbeth isn't at the right state of mind, that his guilt has affected him deeply. Lady Macbeth acknowledged the guilt, and bore it, until her state of mind became very disturbed. Or the manipulative wife, whose ambition is just as big as Macbeth. On the other hand the justification of Macbeth as a butcher could not be reasonable, after all, at the beginning of the play he was a warrior hero, whose fame o the battlefield wins him great honour from the king. Macbeth was also seen as a ruthless tyrannical king, as he is referred to by Malcolm and Macduff, as "tyrant," and "a devil. Macbeth and Banquo are also described by the captain as "eagles" and "lions" unafraid of the opposing army, who were compared to " sparrows and hares. Lady Macbeth is portrayed as the woman, even to an extent the reason of Macbeth's downfall. In some ways, the witches are more responsible for Macbeth's downfall, as it was them who made Macbeth think of regicide, not Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth may be described as a fiend by Malcolm, and may have been a fiend to an extent, that she manipulated her husband into doing the things Macbeth has done, which may have been against Macbeth's will. Lady Macbeth was washed by the guilt of assassinating Duncan, that she became a mere shadow of her commanding self, as she fails the test of her own hardened ruthlessness. It was only after the first prophecy that he was to become Thane of Cawdor became the truth, did he have thoughts of regicide. Near to the end, Macbeth has even, "Forgot the taste of fears" It's as if he had overcome fear, which had made him able to be ruthless, and murderous. " The witches made a prophecy that Macbeth was to become Thane of Cawdor, and eventually king of Scotland.
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