Lady Macbeth goes from a cold-hearted killer to a women who is haunted by a death she caused, with the blood on her hands reminding her of her father when Lady Macbeth realizes her husband can become the king she turns cold hearted and encourages him to kill the current king. (Act 1/ scene 5) Based on observations of Lady Macbeth, and her previous behaviors, the diagnoses is PTSD this also has caused her to commit suicide.
Because of PTSD their were changes in Lady Macbeth behavior it shows a lot of different emotions and her behavior is constantly changing. As her psychologist we see that she is a very empty woman and because of that she has malicious thoughts that she soon dwell on.When Lady Macbeth first has thoughts on killing Duncan, she comes off very mentally unstable. When Macbeth informs her about the witches prophecy of him becoming king, she becomes very ambitions and power hungry. Once she found out, she almost immediately plans Duncan's killing with no sympathy (Shakespeare 224). “PTSD…show more content… ( V,I 43-45:65) She is terrified of the deaths and numbers of them committed by Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is experiencing guilt from King Duncan's murder whom she pushes Macbeth to kill in ( II,ii 43-9). Lady Macbeth also deals with trouble sleeping (V,i 4-7). This disorder is the most dominant illness of all.
When speaking with the nurse she tell us that “I have seen her rise from her bed, throw her nightgown upon her, unlock her closet, take forth paper, fold it’ write upon’t, read it, afterwards seal it, and again return to bed; yet all in a most fast sleep.” (V.i.). According to her nurse Lady Macbeth has been sleep walking and having trouble sleeping this is a well known sign of
