Possible Mental Disease of Macbeth

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Possible Mental Disease of Macbeth
Introduction
Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare in about the Scottish heroes. At the beginning of the play, Macbeth is portrayed as a hero. Seen as the ideal knight, one who follows the rules respects the king and his lady. The play begins a brief appearance of a set of various witches then it moves to a military camp where Banquo and Macbeth are termed to have defeated two separate armies that are invading their countries, one army from Norway and the other one from Ireland. Through the battle, the two heroes encounters witches in the progress of their battle as they pass a moor. The witches prophesy that Macbeth will be made a king of Scotland. Banquo was prophesied to become a lineage of the Scotland’s king but will never become a king in the country. The two kept the witches prophesies skeptically till the men of the king of Scotland that time who was King Duncan came to thank them for their success in the battle and also to give Macbeth a name of Thane of Cawdor. This is because the one who was a thane before had betrayed them to the Norwegians hence the king condemning that and arguing him to be killed for that (Highley 53-66). This made Macbeth believe the witches prophesy and believe that soon he will become a crowned king. This essay addresses why Macbeth has a possible mental disease of paranoia.
Macbeth meets with King Duncan where they share a diner tog…