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Macbeth: Macbeth A Murderer? - Paper

Macbeth: Macbeth A Murderer?

At the end of the play, Malcolm refers to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as:
'...this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen...', consider the accuracy of
Malcolm's judgment by reference to their speeches and actions throughout the
play. (2,5 pages)
In Malcolm's eyes, the Macbeths are just tyrannical murderers who snatched the
throne away from him and his father and reigned a rule of terror in all of
Scotland. But looking carefully from a different point-of-view, we see that
Macbeth is driven by the powerful contradictions in his character. Unlike other
villains, Macbeth does not enjoy doing evil; he has not totally renounced the
idea of morality, although it is apparent that his ambition is ...

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After committing the murder, Macbeth seems almost delirious and he says
that "...all great Neptune's ocean....hand". We can already see that he is sorry
for what he has done.

When Macbeth orders Banquo's murder, he is still in torment, but the cause of
his anguish seems to have been changed. He is afraid of Banquo, because Banquo
knows about the witches and their predictions of his(Banquo's) descendants being
kings. Banquo's death, he says, will put his mind at rest. Banquo's murder, he
figures, will serve as an aspirin to his aches and pains.

We are never told how Macbeth feels about the murder of Macduff's wife and
children. Their killing gains him nothing. He has good reason to fear Macduff
though, but slaughtering his enemy's family is pointless. Macbeth seems to order
their murder for spite, out of a feeling of desperation. Despite the witches'
new prophecies, which appear to be reassuring, he is afraid of losing the crown.
Since he cannot get at Macduff directly, he lets ...

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Added: 3/27/2005 07:26:40 PM
Category: Arts
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