<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 …showed first 75 words of 754 total…

…showed last 75 words of 754 total…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.