Act 5: Lady Macbeth's Guilt

      In Act 5 Scene 1, the readers see that Lady Macbeth is suffering Macbeth's guilt. Ever since Macbeth started acting out, Lady Macbeth began to change. She is afraid of the dark so she always carries a candle with her, stays in bed all day, acts like she is washing blood off of her hands, writes/reads notes, and sleep walks. While she is sleep walking she confesses to being involved with Duncan's murder while a doctor and gentlewoman are present. The doctor came to evaluate her but could not figure out what was causing the problem and could only think that something dark was involved. They both decide to keep quiet about her confession, probably in fear of being killed by Macbeth. This is similar to when Hitler was in control of Germany. Germans did not want to go against Hitler in fear of being killed.