Lady Macbeth: Evil or Mentally Ill William Shakespeare is a playwright who explored the possibility of some characters being mentally ill before their time in The Tragedy of Macbeth during Renaissance drama. Lady Macbeth was married to Macbeth, the King of Scotland. The witches’ prophecies made Macbeth change his loyalty against the king. Macbeth told his wife about his prophecies. Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth tried everything they could do to keep the throne. As Lady Macbeth did for Macbeth, she later got ill. Lady Macbeth is characterized as unstable and considerably insane. Lady Macbeth suffered from paranoid schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that affects the way a person behaves and sees the world. Individuals with schizophrenia may hear voices that are not there. Some may be convinced that others are reading their minds, controlling …show more content…
Lady Macbeth's speech in Scene V. 1. 31-35 seems to have made any senses. One possible reason for Lady Macbeth’s schizophrenic is guilt. Lady Macbeth’s every effort is geared toward making her husband the king and has to ensure that every person who came in the way of him becoming king posed a risk. “Fearing Macbeth's wavering commitment to their succession scheme. Lady Macbeth declares that she would have: "Dashed the brains out" (1.7.58) of an infant to realize an otherwise unachievable goal. Scholars have traditionally read this as well as her earlier "unsex me here" (1.5.39) invocation as evidence of Lady Macbeth's attempt to seize a masculine power to further Macbeth's political goals. To overcome her husband's feminized reticence, Lady Macbeth assumes a masculinity she will prove unable to support. This results to the death of people such as Banquo and others. On the part of Macbeth, she is guilty of the evil she had to commit to ensuring her husband took over the
Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that affects the way a person behaves and sees the world. Individuals with schizophrenia may hear voices that are not there. Some may be convinced that others are reading their minds, controlling …show more content…
Lady Macbeth's speech in Scene V. 1. 31-35 seems to have made any senses. One possible reason for Lady Macbeth’s schizophrenic is guilt. Lady Macbeth’s every effort is geared toward making her husband the king and has to ensure that every person who came in the way of him becoming king posed a risk. “Fearing Macbeth's wavering commitment to their succession scheme. Lady Macbeth declares that she would have: "Dashed the brains out" (1.7.58) of an infant to realize an otherwise unachievable goal. Scholars have traditionally read this as well as her earlier "unsex me here" (1.5.39) invocation as evidence of Lady Macbeth's attempt to seize a masculine power to further Macbeth's political goals. To overcome her husband's feminized reticence, Lady Macbeth assumes a masculinity she will prove unable to support. This results to the death of people such as Banquo and others. On the part of Macbeth, she is guilty of the evil she had to commit to ensuring her husband took over the