Lady Macbeth's Mental Illness

When doctor visited Lady Macbeth because she is sleepwalking. Doctor ask how is condition of Lady Macbeth to Gentlewoman who is taking care of Lady Macbeth. Gentlewoman said that Lady Macbeth often rubs her hand as if she is washing something. Lady Macbeth is talking to herself and trying to get spot off her hand. Lady Macbeth says, “What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account?—Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him” (V.i.27-30). Lady Macbeth calculated that Macbeth will not kill anyone after he becomes king. She never thought Macbeth will become bloodthirsty and keep killing people.All the killings Macbeth did leads Lady Macbeth to be guilty of her provoking Macbeth to kill the king at beginning. Lady Macbeth also says to doctor “The thane of Fife had a wife. Where is she now?—What, will these hands ne'er be clean?—No more o' that, my lord, no more o' that. You mar all with this starting” (V.i.30-33). Lady Macbeth is also guilty because Macbeth killed Macduff’s family. Macbeth does not listen to her like he used to. She was the one who initiated Macbeth to kill someone at beginning which is why Macbeth started killing people. Lady Macbeth did not want any more blood on her hands. All the guilt driven her to insanity which eventually leads her to suicide. Lady Macbeth is portrayed as weak person at the end of the play because she isn’t strong enough to make her husband listen to her like she used and loses into insanity due to

Macbeth’s tragic downfall into insanity could be modernly diagnosed as the mental disorder schizophrenia. Many of the actions carried out by Macbeth during the play lead the reader to believe that Macbeth is crazy. However, by today’s medical standards, Macbeth falls into several of the categories under the diagnosis of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is defined as, "a psychotic disorder characterized by loss of contact with the environment, by noticeable deterioration in the level of functioning in everyday life, and by disintegration of personality expressed as disorder of feeling, thought, and conduct."

During Macbeth’s run in with power, instead of getting the glory, joy, throne, and the power that comes with being king, MacBeth only set himself up for

In the play The Tragedy of Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth was an important character. She was the wife of the King of Scotland. Lady Macbeth had first come off as a forceful character but as time passed, her weaknesses were shown.

In Macbeth, similar psychotic and mental breakdowns occur. While Macbeth is having all his thanes and kingsmen over for a feast he suffers from a break down due to all the guilt, lying and evil the has been consumed by. During this break down the sees the ghost of his best friend that he had murdered in order to fulfill his prophecies given to him by the weird sisters. At the peak of this break down the yells to the ghost “ Avaunt! and quit my sight! let the earth hide thee!/ Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold; / Thou hast no speculation in those eyes / Which thou dost glare with!” (Shakespeare 3.4.94-97). This is the peak of his break down, the is standing on the table yelling at banquo’s ghost trying to get it to leave. At this point Macbeth is almost at his lowest. His wife tries to comfort him by telling their guests that he is often like this and gets then to leave. By this point in the play Lady Macbeth has started to see the effects these actions have had on her husband Macbeth.

I, Dr. Roddenbery, have concluded through my findings that Macbeth is suffering from delusional compulsion. Through my expert analysis Macbeth’s delusional compulsion stems solely from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In Macbeth’s case of PTSD, he suffers from guilt, depression, and being emotionally numb. He is submissive and vulnerable to Lady Macbeth's grip she holds on him.

On all the quizzes take as lady Macbeth the ones that can be ruled out that she dose no have is a bipolar disorder and PSTD. Th why? because she scored significantly low on the test and in the comic or the movie their is no scene we lady Macbeth has trouble sleeping or bad memories so PSTD seems very unlikely. The reason for her not having bipolar disorder is the you don't see her constantly changing moods, even tho their is one scene were it looks like she might have it, but like i said its only one scene. On the quizzes she scored the highest was the sociopath and the psychopath, these seem like she could have it for example as a psychopath she manipulates people to get her to do what she wants and as a sociopath she don't care about the

     Although Macbeth may have suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, his suffering does not constitute insanity.  Macbeth was in a healthy mindset when he embarked on his murderous spree and treacherous rule of Scotland.  His actions and reactions prior to and throughout his tenure as King of Scotland were normal considering the circumstances.  The following evidence will prove that Macbeth was indeed sane.

In the Shakespearean play, Macbeth, the manipulation by three witches take a toll on a local thane by the name of Macbeth. They have such an effect on him, he goes as far to kill the King of Forres, Scotland and becomes King. However, the memory and guilt of his deeds sends the now-King, Macbeth into a spiral of insanity into his demise. Macbeth displays positive, negative, and cognitive symptoms of the schizophrenic disease which is caused by the oppressive powers of the witches, Lady Macbeth, and the actions he committed.

Lady Macbeth becomes a victim of mental illness as the play progressed. This was due to

The mind of each and every individual is unique in its own special way; some, of which, are steadfast and can roll with the punches, while others bend, conform, or break with the many psychological and physical influences in life. In the play The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Macbeth is introduced by the wounded sergeant as a person of battlefield valor and who showed great loyalty for his king, Duncan. His mind, at the time, expresses an authentic adamant and patriotic persona which seems hard to be swayed. It is later revealed that Macbeth expresses a lack in strength of character and is easily corrupted by his lust for power. Encouraged by his wife, nerve racked by the witches, and plagued by his thirst for authority, his

The increase in evil and guilt make evident the decrease in mental stability. The more a powerful thing grow inside of a person, the more it starts to take over them. “So brain-sickly of things.” Evil has taken the mind out of its normal state and turned it around to think like evil would. Macbeth’s mind was twisted to think and believe that murder was right. Guilt has made the brain overwork that the information it has held all this time finally is told. Lady Macbeth eventually tells the truth without knowing it because she can’t handle the guilt.

Lady Macbeth is a white, Scottish lady of middle age and upper class background and social status. She is married to the Thane of Cawdor and Glamis, Lord Macbeth, and currently has no need for a job and remains a housewife. She was admitted due to the express referral of her husband, Macbeth, who insisted that she needed immediate psychoanalysis and potentially medication. I have taken the chance to interview her, on the request from her husband, so I may judge for myself the severity of the situation at hand. After a conversation with Macbeth, it seems to be that Lady Macbeth is suffering

Lady Macbeth suffers from her crime. Due to carrying out the murder of King Duncan, she went insane. First, Lady Macbeth's hands are stained "with the smell of blood" (V. i. 36). No matter how hard she tries to clean it off, her efforts were futile. She is left with a constant reminder of her crime. However, her punishment is more severe. Her state of mind degrades to the point of insanity. Lady Macbeth is experiencing PTSD. A person gains PTSD from "an event that is considered traumatic" (Friedman). It causes the victim to reimagine the "extremely stressful situations" (Friedman) which results in constant trauma to their mental state. They eventually can't function anymore. In this case, Lady Macbeth received it from the murder. She is seeing events of the murder. She states, "What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account?" (V. i. 27-28). Lady Macbeth is reliving the murder. She starts to lose her sanity as she also questions if Banquo is alive (V. i. 42). Lady Macbeth is suffering from her crime. This is the result of philautia. She was under the impression that she did nothing wrong. In her mind, the Macbeth's were claiming what is theirs. However, her obsessive passion and greed had put her into this point. Her character is completely destroyed. She is destroyed physically and

When considering the idea of disturbed minds we are quickly drawn to an image of mental illness, brutality or social disorder but this is not always the case. There are many reasons as to why an individual might have a disturbed mind: stress, traumatic experiences, childhood problems or illness. Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth” is about a loyal warrior a “lion” and his wife being destroyed by their minds, which cannot lay at rest after killing the king, which in 1603 would be a crime against mankind, nature and God. This is because in 1603 there was a distinct hierarchy of power which was as follows. King, Man, Woman and then beast. By killing the king