macbeth
I think that it is very possible that Macbeth has PTSD otherwise known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Throughout the story, Macbeth seems to show symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder is an emotional illness that usually develops as a result of a terribly frightening, life-threatening, or otherwise highly unsafe experience.
He starts experiencing terrifying events after he became a murderer. Macbeth started to experience symptoms. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, when first killed the traitor in the beginning of the Act 1, Scene 2. Macbeth does suffer from PTSD and throughout the story; Macbeth shows even more symptoms of PTSD, dealing with the death of the traitor, Death of Duncan, and Banquo. In the first act, Macbeth is a soldier in the army. In the Act 1, Scene 2, the captain explains to the king, that Macbeth has killed the traitor. “Which smoked with bloody execution, like valor's minion carved out his passage till he faced the slave; which never shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, till he unseamed him from the nave to the chops” (Act 1 Scene 2: 18-22). The killing of the “traitor” was the beginning of his murder spree that he has begun. This is also when he started showing symptoms of PTSD. Because as we know from the play the killing of the traitor was very gruesome in nature no matter how much the traitor might have deserved it. This horrible event left a terrible image in Macbeth’s head, the image of a gruesome murder. After that the next death on Macbeth’s list was King Duncan. The only reason that Macbeth wanted to kill the king is that he wanted to be king badly. It was stated in the play that King Duncan was a good and nice king and had never did anything bad, and he also just gave Macbeth a “promotion” for being such a good warrior. I believed that this caused Macbeth to feel remorse for killing the king, seeing as the king did nothing wrong to him in the first place. This also contributed to his symptoms.
He starts experiencing terrifying events after he became a murderer. Macbeth started to experience symptoms. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, when first killed the traitor in the beginning of the Act 1, Scene 2. Macbeth does suffer from PTSD and throughout the story; Macbeth shows even more symptoms of PTSD, dealing with the death of the traitor, Death of Duncan, and Banquo. In the first act, Macbeth is a soldier in the army. In the Act 1, Scene 2, the captain explains to the king, that Macbeth has killed the traitor. “Which smoked with bloody execution, like valor's minion carved out his passage till he faced the slave; which never shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, till he unseamed him from the nave to the chops” (Act 1 Scene 2: 18-22). The killing of the “traitor” was the beginning of his murder spree that he has begun. This is also when he started showing symptoms of PTSD. Because as we know from the play the killing of the traitor was very gruesome in nature no matter how much the traitor might have deserved it. This horrible event left a terrible image in Macbeth’s head, the image of a gruesome murder. After that the next death on Macbeth’s list was King Duncan. The only reason that Macbeth wanted to kill the king is that he wanted to be king badly. It was stated in the play that King Duncan was a good and nice king and had never did anything bad, and he also just gave Macbeth a “promotion” for being such a good warrior. I believed that this caused Macbeth to feel remorse for killing the king, seeing as the king did nothing wrong to him in the first place. This also contributed to his symptoms.