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Lady Macbeth's Journey

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The Journey of Lady Macbeth In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the character Lady Macbeth faces many different major issues in her life. Many believe that she has caused these major issues upon herself. Others might say that Macbeth’s lack of manliness has caused her suffering. There is a very fine line between slightly crazy and mental instability. Where is that line exactly, because Lady Macbeth seems to be on the edge of either side. Lady Macbeth has a very progressive development, from the first time we see her, to her gradual disintegration, and all the way to her final collapse.
When Lady Macbeth is first introduced into the play, she appears to be a bit psychotic. She is not really in her right state of mind at any time throughout the …show more content…

She starts to have hallucinations about the murder of Duncan and thinks that his blood is still on her hands. The Gentlewoman claims to have seen her sleepwalking many nights in a row, her and the Doctor observe her one night. She sleepwalks over to a sink pretending to wash her hands saying, “ Out, damned stain! I tell you! One o’clock, two o’clock. Well then, then it’s in me to do it. Hell is dark.” (V.i.30-31.) In this scene, Lady Macbeth is hallucinating that Duncan’s blood has stained her hands and that she cannot get it off. The guilt has fully taken over her body because of the sins she has committed. It is stated that, “ hygiene habits like hand washing, to guilty people, think that they are actually washing away their sins.” (Washing). No matter what Lady Macbeth does to “get rid” of her sin it will always haunt her. This constant haunting eventually leads to her suicide near the end of the play. She could not take the guilt anymore and decide to end her life instead of facing the facts.
In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, there are many different encounters with Lady Macbeth herself. She seems to show some different personality traits throughout the play, as the story goes further into detail. From beginning to end, it is realized that Lady Macbeth may have some mental instability. The phrases she says and the actions she takes further prove this point. The intensifying development

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