William Shakespeare's Macbeth 'A dead butcher and his fiend-like queen'
The above quote comes from the end of the play, after Macduff brings
in the severed head of Macbeth. Before we can analyse the quote we
should first find the definition of 'fiend' and 'butcher'. The word
fiend according to the Oxford Dictionary means "The Devil; evil
spirit; person of superhuman wickedness (esp. cruelty or malignity)",
The play is about a leader of men who is portrayed as a loyal, honest
and trusts worthy person who turns against his own king in a bid to
rule the country. I believe the three witches have led him to this
decision. The word butcher has two meanings. According to the
dictionary the word butcher means "One who slaughters animals for
food, dealer in meat or a person who causes or delights in bloodshed."
Although Macbeth doesn't slaughter animals for food, he still gains
from murdering somebody, like a butcher. A butcher kills animals for
gain, in his case to make money. Macbeth also gains from killing, by
killing Duncan and Banquo he receives and keeps his position of king.