Lady Macbeth's Transformation

Lady Macbeth is a very interesting character in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. She changes a great deal throughout the play, all the way from being a strong independent women to a shell of her former self that is eventually suicidal in Act V Scene 5. Many readers would say she brought it on herself because of her evil actions and the people she has killed. Readers tend not to understand the relationship she has with Macbeth because they are very strict about their marriage and do not always tend to show affection. Only at the end of the play, in Act V Scene 5, does the reader see Macbeth fall apart when he hears the news of his wife’s death because of all the horrible things they have done as a couple. Typically, women are seen by some people

In Act III Scene 2, Lady Macbeth talks about how she has not been sleeping but pretends to be happy in front of Macbeth. Macbeth also keeps from his wife that he is planning to kill Banquo. Lady Macbeth also panics in Act III Scene 4 when Macbeth sees Banquo’s ghost during their dinner party. Act V is the total downfall of Lady Macbeth. In the first scene she is found sleepwalking and openly admits to all of her murders when she is trying to wash away imaginary blood from her hands. The maid attempts to baby proof Lady Macbeth’s room, but she fails and Lady Macbeth is found after killing herself in Act V Scene 5. While not all women fall apart over time and experience depression it is typically associated with women to be scared easily and to not be able to hold everything together. Typically men are the first ones in movies to go look into the dark room or the unknown area. While Lady Macbeth was not scared at the beginning of the play she was absolutely terrified by the end of it over what the consequences of her murders were. By the end of the play I would even see Lady Macbeth as not showing only women qualities, but also elderly and infant qualities. Typically elders and infants are unable to take care of themselves and cannot be trusted on their own. In Act V Scene 1, when Lady Macbeth is being watched by the maid and the doctor they do not trust her on her own anymore. She sleepwalks and has the ability to grab a dangerous weapon and not only harm herself, but she could harm the others around her as well. It is as if Lady Macbeth’s mind has been completely shattered because of all the murders she has helped Macbeth commit. It may also be from at the beginning of the play, when she is still seen as a strong women, she calls demons into her. Whatever it may be, she has truly fallen from her status of superiority and high