Macbeth’s Psychological Problems The play Macbeth relates to current issues in society because many people struggle with mental illness like the character Macbeth. Macbeth the person who tried everything in his power to become king even killing one of his closest friends so he would have the throne. With the information that has been found that gives the decision to say that Macbeth is Schizophrenic. Macbeth was having hallucinations of people and objects that were talking to him. Another one is Macbeth was having delusions which is another symptom of Schizophrenia. The last symptom is that Macbeth’s way of thinking is very unorganized and thinking that it is okay to kill people which gives the clue that he might have Schizophrenia. Based on observations of Delusions, Hallucinations, thinking that killing is the right thing to do, the diagnosis for Macbeth is Schizophrenia. …show more content…
The evidence that shows that Macbeth has Schizophrenia because of Delusions is that Macbeth thinks that the sleepers were watching him while he killed King Duncan. Macbeth also thought that he was invincible. Macbeth thought he was invincible because he thought that anybody born of a woman can steal the throne from him. Macbeth does not know that everyone is born of a woman and anyone can take the throne from Macbeth. This gives the reader reason to think that Macbeth has delusions. Delusions are when a person has a strong belief that is not true and may seem that they are crazy (NIMH). With this evidence it gives the symptoms of Schizophrenia because when someone has delusions that makes them think that something is true while it is not