Macbeth's Unconscious Mind Analysis

The unconscious mind invites the truth and honest emotions to be spilled. It can release the most cruel secrets and can shadow the guilt that lies within. The unconscious mind is constantly seen during Shakespeare’s Macbeth, due to the amount of fears and desires that are being suppressed by Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The unconscious mind leads the reader to understand the true personality of a character, not the personality that the character attempts to make themselves seem to be. The suppression of emotions that both characters practice reveal their true intentions. The large amount of suppression that occurs leads to a lot of true intentions and personalities to be revealed. The suppression of the unconscious mind of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
Macbeth is introduced as a brave warrior and deserving of his title, but he his unconscious mind tell the reader that his is cowardly and believes that he isn’t deserving for the title that he last has. At the very start of Macbeth, Macbeth is described by the Captain when he states, “For brave Macbeth-well he deserves that name” (1.2.16 Shakespeare). The character surrounding Macbeth believed that he was brave, and that he deserves the he called brave and to be honored by others. There is no negative addition when mentioning Macbeth in this section. This changes later on in the story after Macbeth has slain his friend, King Duncan. Macbeth is talking with his wife, Lady Macbeth explaining how he feels guilt when he mentions, “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No” (2.2.59-60). Lady Macbeth doesn’t understand the guilt that Macbeth feels yet, because she isn’t the one who murdered King Duncan, she just helped plan the scheme. Due to her not being able to sympathize with her husband, she responds to his guilt by replying, “My hands are of your colour, but I shame To wear a heart so white” (2.2..63-64). Lady Macbeth is implying that she is as guilty as he is, but that she isn’t as cowardly as he is. She believes that Macbeth is scared of what might happen to him if he is caught, which is why
Macbeth’s conscious mind portrays him as Brave, but his unconscious mind tears him down into a coward, which is what caused some disagreement between him and his own wife. The assassination of Banquo caused havoc on the emotional and physical state of themselves due to the amount of suppression that was done, which affected their conscious mind enough to let their unconscious mind lead. Hallucinations were a weapon used by the unconscious mind, which was caused by suppression, to let feelings that contrast the conscious mind. The effect of the unconscious mind didn’t just leave Macbeth and Lady Macbeth miserable, it left them