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What mental illness does Lady Macbeth have?

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Subsequently, one may also ask, what mental disorder does Ophelia have?

Ophelia is a character in Shakespeare's play Hamlet. Ophelia syndrome, named after her, may refer to: Ophelia syndrome, a medical condition characterized by Hodgkin lymphoma with autoimmune limbic encephalitis, caused by anti-metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 antibodies (mGluR5) Ophelia complex, a psychological term.

who found Lady Macbeth's death? Macduff finds King Duncan dead in his room. Everyone panics. When the lords go to arrest Duncan's guards, they discover that Macbeth has killed them. He says it's because he was so angry with them for murdering Duncan, but it looks really suspicious.

Thereof, what kind of person is Lady Macbeth?

Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most famous and frightening female characters. When we first see her, she is already plotting Duncan's murder, and she is stronger, more ruthless, and more ambitious than her husband. She seems fully aware of this and knows that she will have to push Macbeth into committing murder.

How guilty is Macbeth?

Guilt. Macbeth speaks this line when he encounters his wife right after murdering Duncan. Macbeth's vision of the ghost reveals his guilt over ordering the murder of Banquo and his young son. His sense of guilt is so powerful that he loses his sense of reality and cannot be sure whether he is having a vision or not.

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Who is Ophelia in Hamlet?

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Why does Hamlet kill Polonius?

Polonius echoes the request for help and is heard by Hamlet, who then mistakes the voice for Claudius' and stabs through the arras and kills him. Polonius' death at the hands of Hamlet causes Claudius to fear for his own life, Ophelia to go mad, and Laertes to seek revenge, which leads to the duel in the final act.

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Is Hamlet a teenager?

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What is the story of Ophelia?

Ophelia is a character in Hamlet, by William Shakespeare. She is driven mad when her father, Polonius, is murdered by her lover, Hamlet. She dies while still very young, suffering from grief and madness. Gertrude describes how Ophelia fell into the river while picking flowers and slowly drowned, singing all the while.

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Who does Hamlet kill?

By the end of the tragedy, Hamlet has caused the deaths of Polonius, Laertes, Claudius, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two acquaintances of his from the University of Wittenberg. He is also indirectly involved in the deaths of his love Ophelia (drowning) and of his mother Gertrude (poisoned by Claudius by mistake).

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What kind of king is Claudius?

Claudius. Hamlet's major antagonist is a shrewd, lustful, conniving king who contrasts sharply with the other male characters in the play. Whereas most of the other important men in Hamlet are preoccupied with ideas of justice, revenge, and moral balance, Claudius is bent upon maintaining his own power.

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What is the name of Macbeth's wife?

Lady Macbeth

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Is Lady Macbeth cruel?

Cruel – she is violent, cold-blooded and happy to be a part of the murder. She ridicules Macbeth when he won't join in with her cold-blooded plans. Two-faced – she welcomes King Duncan warmly even though she plans his death. She advises Macbeth to be two-faced too.

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What is Lady Macbeth's advice to her husband?

Lady Macbeth murmurs that she knows Macbeth is ambitious, but fears he is too full of “th' milk of human kindness” to take the steps necessary to make himself king (1.5. 15). She resolves to convince her husband to do whatever is required to seize the crown.

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Who is Fleances dad?

Banquo

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Why did Macbeth kill Banquo?

After prophesying that Macbeth will become king, the witches tell Banquo that he will not be king himself, but that his descendants will be. Later, Macbeth in his lust for power sees Banquo as a threat and has him murdered by two hired assassins; Banquo's son, Fleance, escapes.

Vasil Patin

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What is Lady Macbeth's ambition?

Lady Macbeth is even more ambitious and ruthless than her husband. Lady Macbeth's determination to succeed is clear here. She is insistent that Macbeth will become King ('shalt be what thou art promised') However, she recognises that he is 'too full o'th'milk of human kindness' and that this could stand in their way.

Consuela Sawatzky

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How is Lady Macbeth a victim?

Not only has Macbeth become a stranger to himself, he is also a stranger to his wife, who now has no ally and is isolated in her guilt. The last time we see Lady Macbeth she is raving about blood on her hands, signaling that she is a victim of her husband and her own overwrought emotional state.

Viorel Mohles

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What happens to Lady Macbeth before she dies?

What happens to Lady Macbeth before she dies? She is plagued by fits of sleepwalking. She is haunted by the ghost of Duncan. She sees her children killed in battle.

Iraides Cafranca

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How is Lady Macbeth presented at the end of the play?

The night before Macbeth is going to war Lady Macbeth jumps off a castle tower and kills herself. Lady Macbeth changes a lot throughout the play and starts as a cold heartless women and later starts to regret her foolishness. She has a lot of remorse which leads to her suicide in the end of the play.

Blau Siegl

Reviewer

How does Lady Macduff die?

Lady Macduff is alarmed and moments later, the scene is invaded by a group of murderers sent by Macbeth. The son is killed first and he urges his mother to flee. She heeds his words and exits the scene screaming, “Murder!”. She is killed off-stage, one of several significant offstage murders in the play.

Kennedy Hoces

Reviewer

Why does Macbeth react to Lady Macbeth's death?

Lady Macbeth's death (Act five, Scene five)
His reaction is strange - quiet, subdued and thoughtful. His power and motivation seem to vanish. It's as if Macbeth no longer sees any point trying to hold onto the kingship. He cannot understand why he ever wanted it.

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