Macbeth Why does Lady Macbeth faint? Act 2 Asked by savanuh t #286253 on 10/31/2014 3:23 AM Last updated by Aslan on 10/31/2014 3:52 AM
She actually pretends to faint so it will look like she had nothing to do with the murder of Duncan. Women were considered not capable of such acts of violence in Shakespeare's time.