Even though Lady Macbeth seems very put together and strong, she seems to possess symptoms of the diseases Schizophrenia, Depression and Anxiety Disorder- Obsessive Compulsive because she can be very disturbing, obsessive and restless, it can make her seem irrational and difficult to talk to and she also shows symptoms of delusions, disorganization and having hallucinations.
First, Lady Macbeth is very strong, bold, and fearful woman. She portrays the disease Schizophrenia very well because in the play she does have a suicidal thought which is actually how she ended up killing herself and being found in Act 5 (Shakespeare 214-289). Other symptoms that come along with Schizophrenia are delusions, hallucinations and disorganized thinking. She can talk in long speeches and not even think about what she is saying. She can go on and rant about killing and having power without realizing her actions or how far they can go. Also, she hears things like she would think someone is in the house or that she can hear voices. Most of the time that isn’t even the case, it could be due to the disease. Delusional was what she was, once they finally got power she couldn’t even enjoy it because apparantely she got sick and started sleep walking and doing suspicious things. Such as, saying …show more content…
The symptoms can be irritability, obsessiveness, overthinking and indecisive. She can be a very irritable person especially when it comes to making decisions. She is also indecisive because she doesn’t know if she should just kill King Duncan or should she allow Macbeth to do it because of his overthinking also. She overthinks the letter that Macbeth sends her about the Witches and their prophecies and doesn’t even think about the consequence she just sees power and that all she wants. For example “The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of