ep seat. The fit is momentary; upon a thought he will again be well. If you much note him,You shall offend him and extend his passion. Feed, and regard him not. . . (III, iv, 54-9) With little effect, she struggles to keep order but gives up and has the thanes “stand not upon the order of your going” (III, iv, 120-1). Macbeth’s strength from self denial fails, because he is losing his sanity. To make up for the loss of support, he returns to the witches. “He may concievably be under the spell of the witches, may even be possessed” (Jorgenson 64). He is very uncertain of himself and asks many questions of the witches in search of answers on which he can be strengthened: “Then live Macduff: what need I fear of thee?”, “Who can impress the forest, bid the tree unfix his earth bound root?” (IV, i, 82; IV, I, 95-6). His answers do not give him sufficient strength for he vows to make “assurance double sure and take a bond of fate” (IV, i, 83-4). Again his will is greater than his ability, and Macbeth must have someone else kill Macduff and his family. As if trying to keep all the marbles together, each time one slips Macbeth has them killed. Unfortunately for Macbeth, he is not too successful for Fleance and Macduff get away.Quickly Macbeth is overwhelmed with his independence. Lady Macbeth is “troubled with thick-coming fancies that keep her from rest” (V, iii, 38-9). She is no longer “unsexed” and strong so she can not sleep. She remains sane and strong longer than Macbeth, because her strength came from one source, Satan, that would never leave, but ultimately fell, because her sub-conscience fought against evil and kept her without rest. She also began to realize the wickedness of her sin for she said, “all the perfumes of Arabia will not [could not] sweeten this hand” (V, I, 53-5). The fight in her mind is too hard so she kills herself....
