"Bloody-butcher and his fiend-like queen". Is this an accurate description of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth?
Regardless of their actions, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth should not be depicted as "Bloody-butcher and his fiend-like queen". After Macbeth kills Duncan, he feels enormous guilt for his actions, where as Lady Macbeth evolves from a ruthless and strong state into an inert state. It is the premonitions of the three witches that tainted the minds of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to commit such horrendous crimes. It would be truly wrong to describe Lady Macbeth and Macbeth as a "bloody-butcher and his fiend-like queen".
In the play, "Macbeth", Macbeth the character cannot be entirely described as a "Bloody-butcher". At first, the audience view Macbeth as a heroic, brave and patriotic soldier who isn't tainted by evil thoughts. Duncan even applauds Macbeth for being [a] "valiant minion" and "worthy gentleman". However, when he encounters the three sisters, they hail Macbeth as "Thane of Glamis", "Thane of Cawdor" and "King hereafter". This fascinates Macbeth as two of the premonitions are correct. He believes that becoming King of Scotland is achievable goal. When he informs Lady Macbeth of the witches foreboding, she becomes ambitious and is determined to help Macbeth become King of Scotland. She encourages Macbeth to kill Duncan so that the throne will be his. However, Macbeth does not want to kill Duncan as he is [Duncan's] "kinsmen and his subject" and that "strong both against the deed". From this, it is obvious that Macbeth's conscience believes that he should not kill Duncan, even with such evil thoughts, he cannot bring himself to do evil deeds. Lady Macbeth claims that Macbeth is "too full o'the milk of human-kindness", she manipulates him to feel that he is incapable of doing such deed and "when you durst do it, then you were a man". This illustrates that Lady Macbeth is questioning Macbeth's love to her and that only when he completes this task, then he is truly a man. She questions his manhood and wishes to "unsex" herself so that she could commit the deed herself. After Macbeth has killed Duncan, he feels immense guilt and wishes to "clean his hand" however, his hand "will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red." He feels that nothing can erase the guilt he feels, making the seas red from washing the blood. Macbeth doesn't dare say "amen" as he feels God cannot forgive such deed that he has committed. Banquo soon appears to be a threat to Macbeth, in result Macbeth and Lady Macbeth plot to kill him, so that their place at the throne will be secured. However, the ghost of Banquo appears and Macbeth feels extremely guilty for killing Banquo. Macbeth believes he is "in blood stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o'er". This demonstrates that Macbeth feels that his actions were so dreadful, that he cannot undo or fix the situation. He becomes a tyrant, killing anyone who threatens his throne, also, instigating many futile acts. However, he cannot be represented as a "butcher" because he feels guilty for the deeds he has done. Macbeth was also influenced and manipulated by the three witches and Lady Macbeth. The crime he committed was so terrible, he couldn't turn back.
Regardless of their actions, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth should not be depicted as "Bloody-butcher and his fiend-like queen". After Macbeth kills Duncan, he feels enormous guilt for his actions, where as Lady Macbeth evolves from a ruthless and strong state into an inert state. It is the premonitions of the three witches that tainted the minds of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to commit such horrendous crimes. It would be truly wrong to describe Lady Macbeth and Macbeth as a "bloody-butcher and his fiend-like queen".
In the play, "Macbeth", Macbeth the character cannot be entirely described as a "Bloody-butcher". At first, the audience view Macbeth as a heroic, brave and patriotic soldier who isn't tainted by evil thoughts. Duncan even applauds Macbeth for being [a] "valiant minion" and "worthy gentleman". However, when he encounters the three sisters, they hail Macbeth as "Thane of Glamis", "Thane of Cawdor" and "King hereafter". This fascinates Macbeth as two of the premonitions are correct. He believes that becoming King of Scotland is achievable goal. When he informs Lady Macbeth of the witches foreboding, she becomes ambitious and is determined to help Macbeth become King of Scotland. She encourages Macbeth to kill Duncan so that the throne will be his. However, Macbeth does not want to kill Duncan as he is [Duncan's] "kinsmen and his subject" and that "strong both against the deed". From this, it is obvious that Macbeth's conscience believes that he should not kill Duncan, even with such evil thoughts, he cannot bring himself to do evil deeds. Lady Macbeth claims that Macbeth is "too full o'the milk of human-kindness", she manipulates him to feel that he is incapable of doing such deed and "when you durst do it, then you were a man". This illustrates that Lady Macbeth is questioning Macbeth's love to her and that only when he completes this task, then he is truly a man. She questions his manhood and wishes to "unsex" herself so that she could commit the deed herself. After Macbeth has killed Duncan, he feels immense guilt and wishes to "clean his hand" however, his hand "will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red." He feels that nothing can erase the guilt he feels, making the seas red from washing the blood. Macbeth doesn't dare say "amen" as he feels God cannot forgive such deed that he has committed. Banquo soon appears to be a threat to Macbeth, in result Macbeth and Lady Macbeth plot to kill him, so that their place at the throne will be secured. However, the ghost of Banquo appears and Macbeth feels extremely guilty for killing Banquo. Macbeth believes he is "in blood stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o'er". This demonstrates that Macbeth feels that his actions were so dreadful, that he cannot undo or fix the situation. He becomes a tyrant, killing anyone who threatens his throne, also, instigating many futile acts. However, he cannot be represented as a "butcher" because he feels guilty for the deeds he has done. Macbeth was also influenced and manipulated by the three witches and Lady Macbeth. The crime he committed was so terrible, he couldn't turn back.
