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Shakespeare effectively uses reflective revelation to illustrate Lady Macbeth's guilt. She 'take(s) forth paper, fold(s) it, write(s) upon it' and 'read(s)' it. This highly symbolic act retrospectively refelects Act 1, Scene 5, when she first received her husband's letter advising her of the prophecy of the witches. It is apparent tat Lady Macbeth, overwhelmed by the guilt of her actions, longs to return to the moment when she made the fateful decision to manipulate her husband into killing Duncan, and in so doing set them down the terrible path to their destruction. The repetitive nature of her actions symbolises the inescapable reality that she cannot escape the guilt which consumes her.

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Shakespeare makes constructive use of symbolism to present how Lady Macbeth's guilt has completely taken over her mindset and has significantly impacted her current mental state. Towards the beginning of the story, one can see that it is Lady Macbeth who is putting in the most effort into the murder plan for King Duncan that she manipulated Macbeth into doing in order to prove himself worthy for the role of the courageous king. Additionally, it is ironic how Lady Macbeth was so fixed to the plan, however ended up being one of the most guilty not taking account of the consequences of more blood and murders of other significant figures in the royal chain. With Lady Macbeth fiercely rubbing her hands from the blood stains due to criminality, the audience can refer back to her stating that a little bit of water is able to get rid of this blood, but now she is seen feeling unsteady with her anxious behaviour and in a mental state where she is gradually breaking down.

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Shakespeare successfully uses symbolism to embellish how Lady Macbeth's unique from of guilt has crushed her strong and assertive personality, ultimately impacting her current mental state in Act 5, Scene 1. Towards the beginning of the passage, Lady Macbeth says, "To bed, to bed! there's knocking at the gate: come, come, come, come, give me your hand. What's done cannot be undone.--To bed, to bed, to bed!". This highly symbolic act represents the gates of afterlife or the gates of hell. She now has to be cared for like a child, and has no plans for the future. No matter how much she repents, the violence and death cannot be undone. She then says "To bed", meaning either literally going to rest, or escaping from her thoughts and going away into the afterlife. This relates to her later on killing herself and makes everything that she was speaking about whilst sleep walking lead to what happened.

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William Shakespeare has used symbolism to represent the overwhelming guilt Lady Macbeth is suffering from in Act 5, Scene 1. The quote of "Doctor: How came she by that light? Gentlewoman: Why, it stood by her: she has light by her-continually; 'tis her command" has symbolic meaning towards the light the the passage is referring to. Light is a reassuring element, when it is dark in the world light is used to brighten up the roads, and our homes to keep us safe. When the Gentlewoman is mentioning how Lady Macbeth has made it a command for her to sleep by the light and remain next to it, Lady Macbeth wants to feel safe, especially since Macbeth had to leave to battle, leaving her alone with her thoughts of her guilt because of the deed she had committed. As she has this guilt and troublesome feeling inside of her and she feels as her soul is the darkest it has ever been, she is also hoping that light will guide her to her right path and give her somewhat of hope or reassurance. Furthermore, because light represents a warmth feeling into feeling more accompanied, thus she feels less alone with her thoughts and feels safer. In conclusion, light has been used in Act 5, Scene 1 to symbolically represent warmth and accompaniment to Lady Macbeth.

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Shakespeare's use of imagery in Act 5 Scene 1 of Macbeth illustrates Lady Macbeth's overwhelming remorse and guilt which, as a result leads to her demise. Evidently, this shown during the scene where Lady Macbeth states "Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh, oh, oh!". Ultimately, this means that Lady Macbeth feels that all of the perfume in Arabia will not take away the scent of all the blood she has spilt. In this quote, the scent represents her profound remorse for her involvement in the murders of numerous individual during the play.

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William Shakespear has used symbolistic techniques in the above passage to overall portray to the reader the feeling of guilt lady macbeth is feeling and how it has been affecting her everyday life. As a case in point,

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Shakespeare effectively uses the dramatic technique of Symbolism to demonstrate Lady Macbeth's overwhelming guilt and the toll it's taken on her in Act 5, Scene 1. She first mentions knocking at the gate and then talks about something/someone taking her hand, and repeatedly says that "What's done cannot be undone. --To bed,to bed, to bed!". This is symbolism related to the gates of the afterlife/the gates of Hell. This is the spirits knocking at her door and giving their hand to Lady Macbeth, completely and utterly taking over her mind and body and taking her away to her inevitable demise. She then says "To bed", meaning either literally going to rest, or escaping from her thoughts and going away into the afterlife. This relates to her later on killing herself and makes everything that she was speaking about whilst sleep walking lead to what happened.

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Shakespeare utilizes imagery as well as symbolism in this passage of Act 5 Scene 1. He does this with olfactory imagery, as well as the smell of blood in her hand for the never ending guilt. When Lady Macbeth stated that "the smell of blood still", this means that she can not get rid of her overwhelming feeling or guilt, which is why it is symbolic. She is saying that no matter what she does, the smell of the blood that she helped spill is persistent, and that continuous to haunt her. Furthermore, when she says that "all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand", she means that even the most powerful and strong of scents would not cover the fact that her own hand did an unforgivable deed. The tenacious feeling of hher hand being covered in blood is something that she cannot overcome, and that is how the symbolism is used.

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In this passage, Shakespeare's influential use of the dramatic technique known as symbolism helps demonstrate the change of Lady Macbeth's morals, attitude, thoughts and feelings due to the guilt she feels concerning her past actions. The audience is first introduced to this technique when Lady Macbeth states, "To bed, to bed! there's knocking at the gate",  signifying that an individuals,

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Shakespeare uses symbolistic techniques in the following quote to show the readers the feeling of guilt

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William Shakespeare used dramatic symbolism in this passage to portrays Lady Macbeth overwhelming guilt. She first says that " To bed, to bed! there's knocking at the gate: come, come, come, come, give me your hand", this symbolizes the door of the afterlife. The person knocking at the door represents the guarding of hell. When Lady Macbeth says " To bed, to bed, to bed" she means that she wants to rest and escape from realty word. Furthermore they is a link between the bed and death as she later on kill herself.

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In Act 5 Scene 1 of Macbeth, Shakespeare uses symbolism to show Lady Macbeth's guilt. Lady Macbeth says, "Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh, oh, oh!". The smell of blood here represents her guilt for the crimes she has commited, which is why she says not even all the best smelling fragrances could keep the guilt away. The use of perfume to represent keeping guilt away also shows that she can't hide her guilt anymore, similar to how a fragrance would hide a bad smell, which we can see from her sleepwalking. This links back to the concept of blood representing guilt and how Lad Macbeth cannot deal with the guilt anymore.

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In Act 5 Scene 1 of Macbeth, Shakespeare's use of dramatic techniques help to demonstrate Lady Macbeth's Overwhelming guilt and mental instability by focusing on the symbolism and dramatic irony of guilt as Lady Macbeth's action of rubbing her hands.
In the quote: "What is it she does now? Look, how she rubs her hands. Gentlewoman: It is an accustomed action with her, to seem thus washing her hands: I have known her continue in this a quarter of an hour." the doctor is noticing how she is rubbing her hands, and pointing out that it is strange. The gentlewoman is then stating that it is a normal occurrence in Lady Macbeth's behavior. As the audience, we know that Lady Macbeth's action of rubbing her hands is not meaningless as it appears to the doctor and gentlewoman. We know that it connects back to when she told Macbeth that a little water would wash off/remove the blood from his hands. The fact that she is now constantly and continuously rubbing her hands tells us that she is battling a strong feeling of guilt. Symbolically she is trying to wash the blood (guilt) from her hands, however is unable and continues to rub. This further exemplifying and expressing Lady Macbeth's mental instability revolving around guilt.

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In act 5 scene 1 William Shakespeare uses olfactory imagery in the form of a metaphor in order to show lady Macbeths’ overwhelming guilt. This is evident the Macbeth says, “Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh, oh, oh!” Showing hyperbole on how the smell on blood is so strong, that not even the strongest perfume could change it. In order to represent her guilt on the people deaths she has caused.

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Shakespeare’s use of dramatic irony as well as symbolism in Act 5 Scene 1 conveys how Lady Macbeth’s overwhelming guilt has impacted her insanity and resulted in an unstable mental state. This is seen when the doctor states, “look how she rubs her hands.” Shakespeare’s use of dramatic irony connects to a retrospective reflection where Lady Macbeth believed simply washing her hands would completely remove her sin of killing King Duncan. This is ironic as she said some water can remove all the blood, yet now, she is rubbing her hands and "It is an accustomed action" Also, Shakespeare uses symbolism to emphasize how Lady Macbeth is not just washing her hands to be innocent and pure. Figuratively speaking, she is trying to remove the blood on her “hands”. She wants to remove all her sins and crimes. This contributes to expressing Lady Macbeth’s overwhelming guilt as she cannot seem to get the blood off her hands and yet no matter how much she “rubs” them, she will always be guilty.