Lady Macbeth Act 5, Scene 1

Lady Macbeth is suffering by now. She is haunted by guilt, and it is beginning to make her go crazy. Her episode of sleepwalking implies that she thinks her hands will never really be clean again. This depicts to the readers exactly how guilty Lady Macbeth feels, even though her character, while awake doesn't give us this impression. Up until now, Lady Macbeth has always instilled confidence into Macbeth about the plan, but judging by her words while she was sleepwalking, she is still trying to convince herself that everything will work out and things are not as bad as they seems. This is quite shocking to the audience. So far we have seen Lady Macbeth as a heartless and evil woman, but now we can conclude that she just might actually care about those she has hurt.