In “Macbeth” the doctor is telling the truth when he says Lady Macbeths illness is “beyond his practice” (act 5, scene 1, lines 58). Lady Macbeth has gone crazy because of guilt and stress. There is no medicine to give for someone who is crazy. Being crazy is an emotional illness; there are no means that the doctor could do to cure her. The doctor even says this in act 5 scene1 on lines 72-74 “...infected minds/To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets:/ More needs she the divine than the physician.” The doctor thinks only God can save her now. Sunday, December 6, 2009
Beyond His Practice
In “Macbeth” the doctor is telling the truth when he says Lady Macbeths illness is “beyond his practice” (act 5, scene 1, lines 58). Lady Macbeth has gone crazy because of guilt and stress. There is no medicine to give for someone who is crazy. Being crazy is an emotional illness; there are no means that the doctor could do to cure her. The doctor even says this in act 5 scene1 on lines 72-74 “...infected minds/To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets:/ More needs she the divine than the physician.” The doctor thinks only God can save her now. 
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