Dramatic effective of Act V Scene 1 of Macbeth

... Comment closely on the dramatic effectiveness of Act V Scene 1 of Macbeth. In Act V Scene I of Macbeth, Shakespeare presents the audience with Lady Macbeth again, after her long absence from the play since the banquet scene. The scene has a sinister and dark atmosphere created through the dialogue, and shows the audience a surprising degeneration of her mind; the woman who once said 'a little water clears us of this deed' after the murder is now guilt-ridden. In previous scenes, Lady Macbeth has been presented as a strong, evil and dominating woman with ruthless ambition. She was the one who reasoned Macbeth to kill Duncan, saying 'But screw your courage to the sticking lace and we'll not fail' assertively. When Macbeth committed the murder she advised him that the deed 'must not be thought after these ways, so it will make us mad'. However, in this scene it is

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