Diary of Lady Macbeth's Psychiatrist.

Authors Avatar

G.C.S.E. ENGLISH

Diary of Lady Macbeth’s Psychiatrist

Date – 21st February 1051

I had often heard of the ‘Macbeth House” and of the heroic soldier Macbeth, by whom many a man had met with his death. At first I had little knowledge of Lady Macbeth, but subsequently as a result of our meeting today, I have embarked on one of the most riveting cases having ever to be dealt with.

To begin with she tried to acquire and entirely different identity, but this did not prevail. When she entered my study the pretence faded and she assumed her natural personality.

Firstly she produced a letter that she had received two weeks prior to this interview. The content of which contained personal issues.

Lady Macbeth explained to me that Macbeth had just triumphed in battle against Norway, when he encountered three weird sisters. These sisters predicted that Macbeth would become Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland, and  Banquo’s descendents would also become king. This stirred Macbeth immensely because becoming king is his deepest, hidden ambition. Macbeth longed to know more, but the witches vanished before any relevant explanation emerged.

Coincidentally, Macbeth was then actually made Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth then relates on how he feels by saying that the greatest is to come. That all he has to do now is to become King.

I write this next sentence with my pen shaking and my heart beating so fast it hurts. Macbeth is actually considering murdering the king! I can’t believe that I’m involved with this. I can’t relate this to anyone because everything has to be kept confidential. Anyway, I don’t dare to tell a soul because Macbeth might see me as a threat and contemplate of disposing of me. If he were debating about removing the king, then getting me out the way would mean nothing to him.

Anyway, getting back to more immediate things, he finally ends the letter by asking Lady Macbeth for advice on all that had happened and saying that he’ll be home soon.

Lady Macbeth then suddenly grabbed the letter and apologized for being a burden to me. She told me to forget about everything that I had learned during the time that she had been there. Then she exited quickly looking upset.

I feel that Lady Macbeth is hiding something more then what I already know. I could tell that her problems were much deeper then just a letter. She seemed extremely devoted to her husband Macbeth and I felt that she would do almost anything for him. But it was what she might actually do for him that worried me.

Join now!

Date – 3rd March 1051

Just as I had anticipated, Lady Macbeth was back to see me once again. She could not keep problems bottled up so she had to talk about them. She told me that she couldn’t discuss certain things with her husband because she didn’t want him to think that she was weak. She wanted to be the strong one so that Macbeth had some one to rely on. It was very apparent that she adored her husband and wanted him to have the best. If he had any goals then she wanted him to achieve them.

...

This is a preview of the whole essay