SEYTON: The queen, my lord, is dead.
MACBETH: She should have died hereafter;
There would have been a time for such a word.

– William Shakespeare

Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5. When told of Lady Macbeth’s death by suicide, Macbeth does not grieve or appear to care. His reaction portrays him as detached, unemotional, and devoid of the “milk of human kindness” he showed in the early part of the play. He comments that Lady Macbeth should have died at another time, reflecting the breakdown in the relationship between them.