Macbeth Act 5. They died?

To start with some laughter (WSJ)

And more laughter! (Sassy Gay Friend)

ACT-ivity

• Entire class: Let's look at Lady Macbeth! In the case of her sleepwalking scene, Shakespeare seems to have anticipated, centuries ago, some of the most important psychological findings and insights of our own time, which deal with the symbolic interpretation of dreams and the effects of suppression of deeply buried feelings. Modern psychology holds that mental breakdown is often due to long-suppressed or repressed feelings, and that clues to the causes of such breakdown can be found in dreams. What?! Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking can be viewed as such a dream — a dream in motion, a nightmare being acted out.
• How is Lady macbeth's language disjointed and unconnected?
• According to her utterances, what are the causes and origins of her present condition?
• What previous conversations does she repeat or paraphrase?
• What are the real causes of her breakdown? Why do you think she broke down first? Is this a larger commentary on women? Mental illness?
• Where can you find dramatic irony in her speech?