Examples Of Schizophrenia In Macbeth

Can you picture your-self in a risky situation or mindset that will or can be real harmful to you and others? Risky situation such as you joining a gang for the first time. Also after joining knowing having to do a mission that will put you and others in harm’s ways. Macbeth was being influenced by his wife lady Macbeth to kill Duncan. Also knowing if he doesn’t goes by his wife’s wishes he will be looked at as less of a man. Schizophrenia is defined as any of a group of reactions by withdrawal from reality. Also highly variable affective, behavioral and intellectual disturbances by the American Heritage Dictionary. No definition of schizophrenia can adequately describe all people with this illness.
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Also by Macbeth showing passion he want the joy and riches of being king and will do anything to get in the light of power that will give him the fame and fortune of being king. They strove so hard to make Macbeth king that they became totally obsessed with it. It became all they thought about and their whole being revolved around it. When Lady Macbeth finds that Macbeth has been prophesized to be king, she does not believe he is capable of fulfilling the prophecy alone. So, she says to herself, " Hie thee hither, that I may pour my spirits in thane ear, and chastise with the valor of my tongue which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem to have thee crowned withal. “Macbeth becomes so passionate about becoming the king that he killed anyone who could possibly take the throne away from him, even the king, …show more content…
Macbeth’s guilt prevents him from fully enjoying his ill-gotten gains. At the start of the play he is described as a hero and this quality is still present even in his darkest moments For example, Macbeth is visited by the ghost of Banquo, who he murdered to protect his secret. The apparition embodies Macbeth’s guilt and therefore causes Macbeth to nearly reveal the truth about King Duncan’s murder. Unlike Macbeth conscious guilt, Lady Macbeth guilt is subconsciously expressed through her dreams. By presenting her guilt in this way Shakespeare’s book is showing suggesting that Macbeth are unable to escape guilt for wrongdoing. By the end of the play Lady Macbeth’s guilt becomes untenable and she eventually kills herself. Evidently, the intensity of her guilt and shame was stronger than anything she consciously