Macbeth Lady Macbeths Partnership in Guilt
... After the murder, Macbeth retreats into himself and becomes delusional and paranoid: Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? ... Lady Macbeth becomes less involved as he starts to shut her out. When they are next seen together Macbeth is king. ... Lady Macbeth reacts very differently. ... Before the banquet, while talking to Macbeth, she ends her speech with a question rather than a statement. ... She, like Macbeth, has been suffering from lack of sleep. ... In the final scene, we learn that Lady Macbeth committed suicide. ... She felt guilt over the deaths of Macduff’s family and of Banquo, even though they had nothing to do with her.