Excerpt from The Hysteria of Lady Macbeth This short contribution may be called a study in applied abnormal psychology and its obj ect is to lay bare the fundamen tal mental mechanisms in one of the most prominent and interesting of artistic lit erary creations. It notably differs from the usual conceptions of Lady Macbeth, since it does not interpret her behavior or motives either as criminal or as obsessed by ambition. If the tragedy be read anew in the light of modern psychopath ology, the interpretation herein given will be found the only adequate one, namely. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.