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I don't know the actual definition, but if you look at the characters of Macbeth and his wife at the end, people thought they were mad too. The reasons why people thought they were mad might help you to define the madness itself.
1) Macbeth was hearing voices
2)He took counsel from beings who were not of the earth
3)Both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth saw visions and apparitions of things that nobody else could see
4)They said and did things that made no common sense at all
5)They both had nightmares
6)They both had a guilty consience.Posted by Lady M on May 11, 1997 at 13:18:55
In Reply to "Elizabethan Madness" posted by swwed on April 01, 1997 at 22:47:32
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