th’s lack of confidence in his ill-fated wife deepens her anguish (Jameson 193).Nevertheless, Lady Macbeth expends one last effort to save their dire situation. In the banquet scene that follows, the proud woman attempts to control the chaos her husband creates when he has hallucinations of Banquo’s ghost. She distracts the guests and tries to talk sense into Macbeth. She scolds him by saying: “You have displaced the mirth, broke the good meeting, / With most admired disorder” (III. iv. 110-111). When she sees no hope for saving the night, Lady Macbeth does not hesitate to find a pretext for dismissing the guests. This is her final act of control and sanity (Freud 223).The sleep-walking scene marks Lady Macbeth’s final appearance in the play. This scene evinces the logical evolution of Lady Macbeth’s previous emotional experiences and her suppressed complexes of childlessness and of Duncan’s murder (Coriat 219). It is her complete collapse after fervidly striving to attain her aim (Freud 223). By this time, Lady Macbeth has developed two distinct personalities. These personas appear and disappear according to the fluctuation of her mental condition (Coriat 222). Her normal, awakened state includes her censorship, repression, assumed bravery, mastery of situations, and fearlessness. It is also characterized by the emotionless cruelty she adamantly counsels to Macbeth. This personality is contrasted by her somnambulistic state. In this condition, Lady Macbeth exhibits free expression, innate cowardice, pity, and remorse (Coriat 219-220). It is apparent that her personality has dissociated because of her repressed complexes (Coriat 222).The repressed complexes break through during Lady Macbeth’s sleep-walking scene. During this scene, she recalls every macabre event with detailed accuracy. According to Isador H. Coriat, the first complex that emerges relates to Duncan’s...
