Macbeth - "This dead butcher and his fiend-like queen".

“…this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen.” (V. 9. 34)
To what extent is this a full and fair description of the two protagonists?

In this quote, Malcolm, refers to Macbeth as a “dead butcher” and to Lady Macbeth as Macbeth’s “fiend like queen.” In this instance, butcher is implied to mean one who kills; showing neither remorse nor reason for his actions. The fiend is depicted to mean that Lady Macbeth is a very evil and immoral person, capable of enchanting her victims into a false sense of security. As Macbeth’s reign as king draws out, he may have shown a very insensitive attitude in the way that he murders many people. However, to say that he is butcher is not a fair description of him, as it does not represent his properties of nobility, courage and honour that he had at first displayed. The description of Lady Macbeth as a fiend is a more representable one. She is the one who induced the power of evilness into Macbeth’s soul, allowing him to commit such...