At the end of the play, Malcolm refers to Lady Macbeth as a "fiend like queen". Do you agree with Malcolm's view on Lady Macbeth?
"A cruel, brutal or spiteful person" is the definition of ‘fiend' in the Collins dictionary, there are however many different definitions of the word some making the person more, or less evil. Lady Macbeth does several fiendlike things throughout the play which may have been why Malcolm referred to her as such. I think that Malcolm's reference of Lady Macbeth as a "fiend-like queen" is quite subjective; I cannot fully embrace or object it. However, there is evidence throughout the play that shifts the balance towards evil and occasionally towards good.
Lady Macbeth enters the play in Act1 Scene 5 after receiving a letter from her husband, the letter is informing her of an encounter he experienced with three witches who made several predictions, one of which claiming that he will become the next king. We first acknowledge her determination in her......

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Title: Lady Macbeth
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