In Act 2, Scene 2 Lady Macbeth seems to be courageous and calm as she has to support her husband Macbeth who has just killed Duncan, King of Scotland. She remains assertive. However her character changes by the end of the play, Act 5, Scene 1, when she betrays her sense of guilt. Lady Macbeth becomes tormented and mentally deranged, as she walks and talks in her sleep. In Act 2, Scene 2 Macbeth enters after committing regicide on the king of Scotland, which to an Elizabethan is the greatest of all crimes. Jacobeans believed in the Divine Right...
his own fear and guilt. Lady Macbeth was his "dearest partner of greatness" but when her suicide is reported to him Macbeth simply says, "She should have died hereafter" as he feels life is meaningless and so does not grieve for the death of his wife. By the end of the play Lady Macbeth had lost capacity for feeling, which I think is shocking because she seemed to be a brave and strong character who could support both herself and Macbeth. However she suppressed her feelings, this invites some sympathy for her though no audience would condone her actions.