Introduction:
Lady Macbeth is one of the remarkable characters in Shakespeare’s play ” Macbeth ” at the same time one of the witch characters in the history of English literature. she is considered the fourth witch of the play ” Macbeth”.
More Notes: Macbeth
Lady Macbeth’s sleep-walking scene:
The sleep-walking scene shows the effect of guilt on Lady Macbeth. It also depicts her feminine qualities. In the earlier part of the play, she is a strong-willed and hard-hearted woman. It was she who urged her husband to kill Duncan to become King of Scotland. she was as ambitious as her husband. When she has got a brief account of the prophecies of the witches by hearing this, she has made her mind up as a future queen and always tempts Macbeth how he would be the next king. The murder of Duncan was pre-planned by Lady Macbeth. The banquet party of Macbeth’s palace is held upon lady Macbeth’s wish where Duncan is killed. After killing Duncan’ a bitter battle between desire and the memory of her guilt continues within herself. The crimes started to affect his mind and did not let her rest even in his sleep. His conscience became a source of pain to her. The woman at the time of Duncan’s murder thinks that “a little water cleans the deed,” but now she realizes that all the perfumes brought from Arabia would not be able to scent her little feminine hands. Lady Macbeth realizes “what is done cannot be undone” we notice that like Lady Macbeth falls in a tragic life. She says:
”All the perfumes of Arabia are not sweetening this little hand”
This line is enough to understand the sufferings of lady Macbeth for her cruel and inhuman behavior.
Finally, Lady Macbeth suffers a lot from sleepwalking as a patient. She speaks alone about her mis-work.
Conclusion:
To conclude, we must say that Shakespeare has shown extreme cruelty and heinous behavior based on the character of Lady Macbeth and side by side has given the message of the humanity that ”Do not be cruel on others”.
