Macbeth Dead Butcher Analysis

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Malcolm Mambella
Mrs. Scala
ENG 2D
28 November 2017
Macbeth: The Dead Butcher
Butcher’s are people that kill without a conscience that is guilty of brutal or indiscriminate slaughter or murder. This evidently defines Macbeth, as the reader sees in the play. Macbeth goes from being thrilled to slaughtering victims. From the beginning to the end of the play, Macbeth is making decisive discovers on rather keep slaying or to be honorable and not murder. There are clear points where he kills and other points where he fulfills his vaulting ambition to keep on killing. The protagonist in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a dead butcher. Macbeth begins the play by hearing the witches prophecies and convinced that they are true. Soon after, he decides …show more content…

Macbeth’s royalness and self-confidence had made King Duncan believe in Macbeth to become a great leader one day. Duncan holds a great deal of amount of trust into Macbeth now. With Macbeth’s vaulting ambition, he has no choice now to kill Duncan and fulfill his ambition. Macbeth soon later kills Duncan with Duncan’s blood all over his hands. “Still it cried 'Sleep no more!' to all the house: Glamis hath murder'd sleep, and therefore Cawdor Shall sleep no more; Macbeth shall sleep no more.” (2.2.53-55). Macbeth has brought a great amount of guilt to himself. He feels that he will never sleep again because he destroyed …show more content…

Macbeth would do whatever it takes to keep his crown. After he sees the witches in Act four, Scene one, he fears that Macduff poses the greatest threat to him. This frightens Macbeth so he plans to get rid of him once and for all. Macduff is in England helping Malcolm build an army so this will be the perfect time for Macbeth to swoop in and kill Macduff's family. He knows that Macduff's loyalties are not with him, and this makes him very furious. He sends his murderers to kill his family in Scotland. "Whither should I fly? I have done no harm. But I remember now I am in this earthly world; where to do harm is often laudable, to do good sometime Accounted dangerous folly.” (4.2.82-86) Lady Macduff has done no harm to anybody but still, the Murderer has to kill her and the family. Macbeth is cruel enough that he has to get another person to do his deeds for him. He thinks slaughtering Macduff's family is going to help but it makes it worse. Macduff has, even more, rage now to kill

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