Compassion In Macbeth
She show no compassion for him, insulting and treating him with the superiority of intelligence and firmness. “As she cannot attain her aim but by her husband’s assistance, she treats him with kindness; but as soon as she has gained her end and led her noble-minded husband to guilt and crime, and implicated him so deeply by her demoniac instigations that retreat has become impossible: she insults him and shows no compassion for his unfortunate condition, of which she has been the real cause.” (Pfundheller 2 ) At the end of the scene, she does not seem to notice that Macbeth will leave her and will go to join the witches. Starting from this point, she no longer has the same status; she has lost all her feminine attributes: wife, queen, housekeeper,
hostess. She is none of this now. Signs of depression, sleeplessness and, sleepwalking being to appear and Lady Macbeth will be isolated from everyone.(Friendship alliances 87)
On the final stage, Lady Macbeth appears to have lost her reason and “her mind, like her being a mother, child, wife, and hostess, has also been twisted by her destructive longing for Macbeth to murder cruelly and deliberately.” (Leggatt 71) She is obsessively repeating words which refer to the crimes committed by her and Macbeth
hostess. She is none of this now. Signs of depression, sleeplessness and, sleepwalking being to appear and Lady Macbeth will be isolated from everyone.(Friendship alliances 87)
On the final stage, Lady Macbeth appears to have lost her reason and “her mind, like her being a mother, child, wife, and hostess, has also been twisted by her destructive longing for Macbeth to murder cruelly and deliberately.” (Leggatt 71) She is obsessively repeating words which refer to the crimes committed by her and Macbeth