Thursday, May 1, 2008
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's Guilt
In the final act of the play we see that Lady Macbeth is in poor health. She has been sleepwalking around the castle, and during the first scene we see her trying to was the blood from her hands. Through her insanity we see that she is clearly feeling guilty, and aware of what she has done is wrong. The guilt is so overwhelming it leads her to her death. When Macbeth learns about this news he from his servant, he speaks with very little emotion towards the news. He only says that he wishes that her death could have come in a more peaceful time. Macbeth lack of emotion tells the reader more about how he feels about his part of the death of King Duncan, then the death of his wife. We see how Lady Macbeth's part in the death of Duncan drives her to insanity, and death. She was truly regretting how she was apart of Duncan's death. Macbeth's lack of emotion towards her death show he doesn't have the same feelings of regret that she had. We see Macbeth's thought are elsewhere because he references more peaceful times. We see that he is concerned with the attack of the British army that Malcolm is leading. We can see that throughout the entire play that Macbeth has little to regret about killing Duncan.
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Buckingham,
I would like to make a comment in response to the death of Lady Macbeth. I feel no sadness for her death; in fact it was the result of her own actions that caused death. As for Macbeth not feeling remorse for his own wife's death, it was because of the change in character that led him to feel hardly any sympathy. I feel that if Macbeth was not king when Lady Macbeth dies, he would have felt more sympathy. Oh course she feels regret for killing Duncan, because until the woman goes crazy is when she has a consciousness.
Katherine
Oh, sir Buckingham. I do believe that Lady Macbeth's insanity was delivered to her through her true nature which is weakness, the weakness of a woman. A woman must never be allowed the power of decision making; this should be left to a man, her man, Macbeth himself. Although many may believe that the dear Lady Macbeth portrayed supposed bravery and strength through the murder of King Duncan, her womanly frailties have been made apparent through her surrender to insanity and her fear of punishment by committing suicide.
Petruccio-
I agree somewhat with Petruccio. Lady Macbeth was very pushy when it came to their plan to kill Duncan. I would never try to make Lorenzo do something that he was unsure of, no matter how much I wanted him to do it. I think perhaps Macbeth lacks saddeness after his wifes death because he resents the fact that she persuaded him to kill the king. Even though he does really want to be king, look at the mess he's in!
Sir Petrucchio yet again states my exact feelings. Lady Macbeth deserves all that she got. Her insanity could have easily been avoided had she had strength of will. However, being a weak female, she had no such thing. What a pitiful creature she is. Sir Macbeth should feel no sadness towards her. It was all her own fault, being a woman and all.
Isn't that a little twisted, Lady Macbeth is a power hungry character and gets what she wants and finds it to be bitter sweet. It is sad that Macbeth doesn't support her but what did she expect she created him and for her to go mad well I have to say that she is getting what she deserves. .
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