Madness in the play of Macbeth

<Tab/>Madness in the Play of Macbeth The play Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, tells a tragedy of a man who has an overly ambitious character which will lead him to his own insanity and death. Macbeth's wife, Lady Macbeth, also becomes a victim of insanity and death once the madness of these two lovers kicks in to play. As the story of Macbeth grows, certain scenarios arouse which are accompanied …

…the murder of Duncan; she goes from a loving wife, to a cruel mastermind, and finally to a woman who has a conscious filled with guilt and insanity. There is a fluent theme of madness within the play of Macbeth, madness which is raised through greed and ambition; the two constant characteristics of both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. The greeed and ambition in Macbeth, like today, acts as a catalyst to insanity, madness, and cruelty.