Describe Lady Macbeth's sleep walking scene Or Comment on Lady Macbeth's sleep-walking scene Lady Macbeth s sleep-walking scene is one of the most famous and important scenes in Macbeth It happens in Act Scene near the end of the play This scene shows Lady Macbeth s guilt and madness Sleepwalking A doctor and a gentlewoman Lady Macbeth s maid are watching Lady Macbeth at night They say she walks in her sleep and talks but she is not awake She even washes her hands while sleeping The gentlewoman says Lady Macbeth always keeps a taper candlestick by her side now It shows her fear of darkness Guilt and Madness While sleepwalking Lady Macbeth rubs her hands as if she is washing them She says Out damned spot out I say This line shows her guilt She is trying to wash away an imaginary bloodstain She thinks she still sees King