7;d my nipple from his boneless gums, and dash’d the brains out” (I.vii.55-59). The thought of a mother murdering her baby was evidence enough to prove the power of the darkness that lay within her. Consequently Lady Macbeth made no attempt to redeem herself instead she destroyed herself proving the evil within her. She could no longer capture what once was. She could no longer fathom moral order. Moral reversal within Macbeth can be traced from character to character and ultimately begins with the witches. After a character’s morals have been distorted there is no evidence of their repair within the pages of Macbeth. In the end moral reversal not only defeats the lives of the people surrounding the catalyst (Macbeth, and Lady Macbeth) it destroys the catalyst itself. It spreads easily among the characters given the right circumstances and character traits of the people within the story. The characters that are not affected by this moral reversal stay pure until the end and good ultimately prevails over the evil and darkness created by this immorality. ...
