This description of Macbeth as being a "dead butcher" is not an accurate and fulfilling one especially towards the beginning of the play, although portraying Lady Macbeth as a "fiend like queen" well suits her personality and style throughout the entire play. This story of Macbeth focuses mainly on these two protagonists, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. It describes their path from a high level of living, through a decline composed of murders and treason, eventually …
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…not correct to say that Macbeth is a "butcher", as he is merely a noble, kind hearted, respected man who has been despoiled and corrupted by the three witches and Lady Macbeth. It is Lady Macbeth who drove him forward, and it is her who is the real butcher. Nevertheless, her ambition, greed and determination to become queen led to the downfall of them both, and so she can be suitably crowned Macbeth's "fiend-like queen".