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 …
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…mind and had tortured it further, resulting in her suicide. We cannot therefore say that Macbeth is just a butcher who murders in cold-blood. He is tormented by his deeds, and he is never to enjoy the crown that he has taken. Yet he is continuously driven by his ambition. Ultimately we see a man who tries to take fate into his own hands, and this action bring him nothing but grief, suffering and torment.