At the end of the play Malcolm refers to Macbeth "This dead butcher". How for do you agree with this description.
Malcolm refers to Macbeth as a "dead butcher". A butcher feels no emotion when hacking, or chopping meat; a butcher may hold a bloody knife, he may relish what he does and has no emotion or regrets, because this is his job. This implies that the manner in which Macbeth has killed is thoughtless. and shows no emotion Malcolm says this at the end of the play when Macbeth has been killed; he makes this statement because Macbeth murdered his father and others. Malcolm has used a metaphor here when describing Macbeth as "this dead butcher". We can hold Macbeth responsible for the physical murders he has done, we can also hold him responsible for the mental killings planned. In order to decide how far I agree with this description I will examine the murders Macbeth is responsible for and his attitude towards them. At the beginning of the play we hear about Macbeth before we see him, her is referred to as a brave, bloody, valiant fighter. He is deemed as a hero by his king and soldiers, "for brave Macbeth well he deserve that name ", this tells us the audience that Macbeth is a good and loyal worrier. We also read about Macbeth as a bloody killer on the battle field, whilst they were fighting against the Norwegians and how savagely and brutally he killed the traitor, Macdonald, "till he unseemed him from the nave to th'chaps, and fixed his head upon our battlements", Macbeth is intrigued and wants to know more, "stay you imperfect speakers tell me more" bonquo on the other hand is not intrigued by there prophecy he does not think about their prophecy until a messenger comes from the king making him than of Cowdor. The seed of ambition has been planted into Macbeths mind soon after when King Duncan makes Malcolm his son, prince of Cumberland, Macbeth starts to think that this is an obstacle in his way, “on which I must fall down or else… for in my way it lies… stars hide your fires, let not light see my block and deep”, he implies that murdering Duncan would be like a dream fantasy, he is shocked with what he is thinking.
