What happened to Lady Macbeth in Act 5 Scene 1?

Answer 1

Lady Macbeth talks of the murders she and her husband have commited and wrings her hands complain that their is blood on her hands and tries to wash it off. She also moans a lot and writes a letter while asleep. What a nutter.

Macbeth's castle is not obviously a moan free zone because if it was, Lady Macbeth wouldn't moan.

Answer 2

In Act 5 Scene 1, the Doctor thought that Lady Macbeth [b. c. 1015] sleepwalked because of something that was upsetting her mind and breaking her heart. To the Gentlewoman attendant, he identified the cause as a 'great perturbation in nature' [Line 8], a 'sorely charged' heart [Line 46]. To Macbeth [c. 1014-August 15, 1057] the King, he said that the Queen needed to cure herself [Lines 45-46] of whatever was eating away at her from the inside. He couldn't help her, because Macbeth's Lady was the very cause of the suffering, pain, madness, and breakdown that her mental anguish was causing [Line 38].

Answer 3

In Act 1 Scene 1, the doctor witnessed Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking and the accompanying strange words and actions. He told the attending Gentlewoman that the Queen had to be very upset. He also said that the Queen's pain was causing her much heartache. He concluded by saying that the problem wasn't a medical one. But he felt that it mightn't be hopeless. In fact, he knew of other cases in which the victims somehow had managed to handle their anguish in a way that was in line with their spiritual beliefs. In Scene 3, the doctor told Macbeth that Lady Macbeth sleepwalked because of heavy thoughts that kept her awake. He said that the problem was within herself, and therefore could be solved by no other than herself.

Answer 4

By Act 5 Scene 1, Lady Macbeth [b. c. 1015] talked to herself; sleepwalked; rubbed her hands as though trying to wash out a stubborn spot; required a lighted candle 24-7; and relived the murders of King Duncan I [d. August 14, 1040], Banquo, and the entire Macduff household. She had taken her own advice and gone mad. In Act 2 Scene 2, her husband [c. 1014-August 15, 1057] was unhinged by the bloodied corpses and bloodied crime scenes that he had left in the royal guest chamber. His Lady told him to stop thinking or go mad, in Lines 33-34. She observed that water would cleanse them when Macbeth complained about his own bloodied hands. By the last act, she had learned how much more complicated it was to kill.

Answer 5

In Act 5 Scene 1 of the Shakespearean play, the gentlewoman attendant called in the Doctor to witness the strange behavior of Lady Macbeth [b. c. 1015]. Lady Macbeth wrote things down on paper, wanted a candle lighted day and night, talked to herself, sleepwalked, and rubbed her hands together. The Doctor said that sleepwalking and doing things that normally would be done during waking hours indicated a 'great perturbation in nature' [Line 8] and a 'sorely charged' heart [Line 46]. In Act 5 Scene 3, the Doctor found the cause of Lady Macbeth's anguish and heartache in the heavy thoughts that kept her awake [Lines 37-39]. He told Macbeth [c. 1014-August 15, 1057] that there was nothing that could be done for his wife other than what she could do. In such cases of extreme emotional and mental suffering, the patient had to make the changes, do away with the source of the tortured memories and thoughts, and cure oneself on one's own. In essence, he was repeating Lady Macbeth's earlier advice to her husband after the bloodied killings of King Duncan I [d. August 14, 1040] and his two royal guards: force yourself to stop thinking or you'll go crazy.

Answer 6

because she is regretful for the murder of Duncan.

Answer 7

He watches her sleepwalk and listens to her talk. He also converses with the waiting woman who is also watching and listening.