Macbeth Dead Butcher

In the The Tragedy of Macbeth, the play by William Shakespeare, Macbeth meets a tragic fate of death after being tricked. Then after his death he is remarked by Malcolm, the prince and to-be king, to be a “dead butcher.” Moreover, as Malcolm remarks those around him agree with him. claims were then agreed by all those around Malcolm and is justified for many reasons. These reasons are many in number, but only three stand out to highlight and solidify his role as a bloody “dead butcher.” These three reasons to his ruthlessness are the savagery of his combat actions, his choices, ideas, and comprehension of mere words and deeds, and the finally the bloodiest reason of all his massacre of the Macduff family. All three of these relate to Macbeth's role as a butcher; however, they also serve to map out his path onto being a bloody butcher.

The first reason of the three lies in his combat strategies. In the first

From his combat actions, he was already an excessively violent and savage man if not a butcher as a warrior evident from him gutting a traitor. Then, his ideas, choices, and comprehension lead him straight to kingdom as well as the deaths of his two closest comrades and friends. Finally, the murdering of Macduff’s family and servants, which serves more as a massacre than a murder, solidifies his role as a butcher king. Furthermore, these three come together to form the butcher named Macbeth. Those three reasons are not all the reasons Macbeth deserves to be named a butcher, but they most definitely deserve to be put first among all the others and the biggest reasons. Moreover, through each we see the progression of an already excessively violent man to a merciless unforgiving butcher. One that without a doubt deserves Malcolm’s claim of the “bloody