Theme Of Emotions In Macbeth

In the Shakespearean tragedy Macbeth, a very important theme is that of emotions and their effects on the human brain. During the course of the pay the emotional state of the main characters deteriorates rapidly as they bottle up their feelings inside, partnered with extreme amounts of guilt these feeling push characters to the edge and some go over. Lady Macbeth is the most apparent character to be dramatically affected throughout the play, with her starting off living a normal in the beginning and slowly slipping into insanity and taking her own life due to the effect of the guilt and emotions that she feels she can never escape. Emotions are one of the most important things in our life and it is important not to bottle them up, because someday …show more content…
Macbeth’s first instance of appearing guilty is during the famous banquet scene in which he sees Banquo’s ghost take a seat at the table. Macbeth is seen by the guests to be uneasy and acting strangely due to the guilt that is now taking over him he believes he is “in blood / stepp’d in so far, that, should [he] wade no more, / returning were as tedious as [continuing forward]” (III iv 167). For the first part o the play Lady Macbeth is his confidant, they both share their plans and guilt, eventually Macbeth becomes so brash that he no longer plans or consults with his wife about many of the horrible things he commits. He finally admits to his guilt in his final confrontation with Macduff of whom his family he has murdered, when he sees Macduff he doesn’t want to fight him because of his guilt and says “Of all men I have avoided thee: / But get thee back; my soul is too much charged / with blood of thine already” showing that he feels remorse for Macduff (V viii 5). Macbeth is continuously haunted by what he has done throughout the course of the …show more content…
In the beginning when they murder Duncan she believes “a little water clears [them] of [their] deed” she goes on for a while seemingly unaffected by their evil act of murdering the king an usurping his throne (II ii 85). Throughout the play she comforts Macbeth on doing what needs to be done. It appears that she doesn’t comfort herself and bottles up her guilt and emotions resulting in the rapid deterioration of her character in the final act. She begins to sleep walk and flashback to the terrible event that her and Macbeth have committed. Eventually she gets to the tipping point and kills herself right before the final battle that Macbeth is slain in leading to the end of his tyrannical