At the beginning of Shakespeare's play, Lady Macbeth looks like a strong, unshakable woman, whose thirst for power induces her to make pacts with the occult forces, but at the the end, she will be forced to make terms with her inner consciousness. In fact, it will be very interesting to analyze the way in which Lady Macbeth expresses the sense of guilt for her bad actions, and for her husband's bad actions. It would not be wrong to say that Lady Macbeth, from the point of view of her "Ego", she keeps faith to her vile intentions, but that she ( in her inner consciousness - her "Id") has been able to understand the wickedness of her actions. In fact, she has been taken by a slight motion of reluctance for her bad attitude, before that she spurs Macbeth to murder Duncan in his sleep "... Had he not resembled/ My father as he slept, I had done't.- My husband!" (Macbeth II, ii). …show more content…
The words spoken by Lady Macbeth in the scene where she tries to console her husband gripped by remorse of conscience, they seem to be directed also to herself, showing the battle of her "id" against her "ego": These deeds must not be thought / After these ways, so, it will make us mad "(Macbeth II. ii). In the scene of the banquet Lady Macbeth maintains her inner calm, hiding the turmoil of her husband, and dismissing the guests. Only later, she will become a sleepwalker, trying to undo what cannot be