Friday, February 6, 2015

Lady Macbeths OCD

Ok so I guess I'm kind of happy I didn't get to read my article in class because it would have ruined the ending for everyone. My article was written by Wray Herbert who is the editor and chief of Psycology Today,  he describes Macbeths obsession with cleanliness as a type of psychological OCD where the "stubborn blood stains" that wont wash off leads her to suicide." The compulsive washer has become a symbol of the human mind's deep connection between morality and cleanliness -- and between immorality and filth. ". Basically what I got out of the article was that Lady Macbeths guilt was all too much... So much so it drove her to suicide 
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5 comments:

  1. UnknownFebruary 8, 2015 at 10:42 AM

    I was intrigued by your article, so I kept reading. The article later states: "Immoral thoughts and memories can indeed put the mind into a state of mental contamination -- a condition that the actual physical act of washing might undo". I think that this is very plausible because when someone is feeling guilt they'll do anything to try to get rid of it, and it seems as if Lady Macbeth really has no other choice.

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  2. UnknownFebruary 9, 2015 at 5:04 PM

    I think it's funny how, in the beginning, Lady Macbeth was the one urging Macbeth to kill Duncan and Macbeth was hesitant about it. In the end, Lady Macbeth was the one who committed suicide because of her guilt. I actually predicted that if a character were to commit suicide it would be Macbeth. I like how Shakespeare kind of put a little twist in the story

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  3. UnknownFebruary 10, 2015 at 8:51 AM

    Guilt did drive Lady Macbeth to committing suicide . But I think it's sort of ironic since in the beginning Macbeth was the one who didn't want to commit he act. So it would have made sense of Macbeth had commit suicide and Lady Macbeth had kept on going with the crimes.

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  4. UnknownFebruary 25, 2015 at 6:07 PM

    I agree with you guys. I also liked the plot twisted that Shakespeare added in on how it was Lady Macbeth that was the one driven to commit suicide to end her guilt.

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  5. Jasmine LopezFebruary 28, 2015 at 10:06 AM

    I also agree. I feel that if I was Lady Macbeth I would feel even more guilty.

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