Insanity

Macbeth leaves for war and Lady Macbeth is left alone. Little by little her walls break down and she can't hide the guilt anymore. The guilt has put her into a coma or sleepwalking nightmare. Almost every night Lady Macbeth rises from her bed, puts on her nightgown, unlocks her closet, takes out a sheet of paper, folds it, writes on it, reads it, seals it and returns to bed. She is now afraid of the dark and requests to have a candle by her bed at all times. She constantly rubs her hands as if to get something off them. Lady Macbeth's gentlewoman sends for a doctor to diagnose what's happening to the queen. The doctor exclaims saying he cannot help her and that a priest is her only hope of a cure.