Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Act V scene v Lady Macbeth's death

Why does Macbeth respond with such indifference to Lady Macbeth’s death?

3 comments:

david said...

Macbeth says that she is going to die anyways, that her death was already predicted. And that life is only an illusion, thus, the days creep slowing until it ends and the candle light fade out.

Pichi Molina said...

He reacts with such indiference to contrast with the reaction of Macduff when his wife dies. He also reacts this way to prove that a person with this attitude is not going to be missed at all. He proves that he had no true love with Lady Macbeth and that it was a matter of convinience in both parts to be together.

Anonymous said...

He has lost all feelings toward his wife throughout the novel. He is more obssessed with power and loves it more than he loves his wife. Macbeth says that his wife had to die eventually.