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How Does Shakespeare Present Madness In Macbeth's Troubled Mind

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Shakespeare presents madness in the play Macbeth through Macbeth's troubled mind. As a result of committing major sin such as regicide, Macbeth's mind is presented as being troubled through paranoia and guilt in both this extract and the play as a whole.

Initially in this particular extract, Shakespeare successfully presented madness by playing on Macbeth's troubled mind with an appearance of the Ghost of Banquo.Banquo's ghost can be seen to alarm Macbeth aas he begins to exclaim "see there!Behold!Look!Lo!" Shakespeare's repettition of '!' exposes the fear Macbeth is experiencing and this new arrival of Banquo's Ghost has come to torment Macbeth and play on his paranoia. The use of singal worded sentences and truncated, rhetorical questions

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