Did Lady Macbeth have a mind diseas'd'? ( a medico-legal enigma).
The character of Lady Macbeth has often been presented as evil and demonic. In this contribution, an attempt is made to show her in a somewhat different light; in doing so, some implications for forensic-psychiatric practice are suggested. 'Cann'st thou not minister to a mind diseas'd ..?' (Macbeth, to his wife's physician: V:i: 40)1
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Midlands Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice. Loughborough University.
D000328:Adult; D004324:Drama; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012945:Social Values; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology