# Doctor — Macbeth character guide

> Doctor in Macbeth by William Shakespeare.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Doctor Hark

**First appearance:** 0000-macbeth

## Who they are

Physician who observes Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking.

## Relationships

### [Macbeth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/macbeth_se/characters/macbeth)

_professional_

The Doctor is a physician attending to Lady Macbeth's mental illness, serving under Macbeth's rule.

### [Gentlewoman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/macbeth_se/characters/gentlewoman)

_professional_

The Doctor and Gentlewoman work together as medical attendant and nurse, observing Lady Macbeth's madness.

### [Macbeth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/macbeth_se/characters/macbeth)

_professional_

The Doctor is a physician attending to Lady Macbeth's mental illness, serving under Macbeth's rule.

## In the story

### [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/macbeth_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-iii)

Briefly appears to inform Malcolm that the English king is curing the 'king's evil'.

### [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/macbeth_se/chapters/act-v-scene-i)

Watches Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking, notes her unnatural troubles, and concludes she needs divine help more than a physician.

### [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/macbeth_se/chapters/act-v-scene-iii)

Reports Lady Macbeth's mental affliction and admits he cannot cure her; privately wishes to leave Dunsinane.

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