Macbeth Eulogy Analysis

Register to read the introduction… The Captain, who was at the scene of the battle, describes Macbeth with high praise- ‘For brave Macbeth… Like Valour’s minion carved out his passage’ which suggests that Macbeth fights like bravery personified and doesn’t let anything get in his way. When he faced Macdonald, he ‘ne’er shook hands, not bade farewell to him’ showing that he didn’t waste time and knew his job in the battle. Although the fact he ‘unseamed [Macdonald] from the nave to th’chaps’ is supposed to show his bravery in killing Macdonald, it shows Macbeth as a ruthless killer. This creates mixed feelings from the audience because they either feel he is a brave solider or he is a barbaric murderer.

From the descriptions of Macbeth from Ross and the Captain, Duncan seems very impressed. So much, in fact, that Macbeth has become ‘a gentleman on whom [Duncan] built/ An absolute trust’. Clearly this is a great pat on the back for Macbeth, that such an honorable person trusts him and is infinitely grateful- ‘more is thy due than more than all can pay’. However, this eulogy is …show more content…
She is Macbeth’s ‘dearest partner of greatness’, despite her witch-like demeanor which is shown through her speech that called on evil to fill her ‘to the toe topfull/ Of direst cruelty’. When in the presence of his wife, Macbeth is weakened and barely managed to even finish his sentences before she cuts in. ‘We will speak further- (Lady Macbeth) Only look up clear’ is an example of how she finished the iambic pentameter, suggesting dominance in their relationship. This odd and unconventional behavior from the married couple gives the audience mixed views because they either feel Macbeth is a cowardly pushover by his wife, or they feel sympathy because his wife is clearly evil and has a terrifying control over