This scene takes place in the middle of the beginning of Act 5, Scene 5, after Macbeth hears his wife cry and Seyton exists to see what is going on. This is Lady Macbeth's death scene.
Enter LADY MACBETH and SERVANT
LADY MACBETH:
Oh, how odious the day has
Been and how tiresome I am of these
Nightmares that plague me – Day in, Day out.
These long days drag bout these evil times.
Though night can no longer veil these evil deeds
That cannot be undone, there must still be a
Way to escape this wicked times.
SERVANT:
My lady, it does not do well to talk in
Such a way.
One cannot, should not, speak of
Ways to reach the House of Hades. None
Should be in want of such dreams, for to dream
Of such things can only bring about dreadful,
Terrible things.
LADY MACBETH:
But is that not just the thing
That I'm hoping for, in the end? I shall approach
It with my head high because living in this world
Has become too much. My dearest husband is
Too absorbed in his quest for power. How I wish
There was no blood on our hand. How I wish we
Could go back to that night, undo the things
That have been done, turn back the hands of
Time and give this fate a second chance. But my
Lord will not see it as such. He may love me, as
He claims, but it is all for naught. His love for
Power, his pride, they overtake any thoughts of
The love he feels for me. It must be true.
My Lord knows not of these feelings that plague my
Thoughts, these conflicts of not holding his
Tender love in my hands. He cannot see that is
All I truly wish for. To see the man I love be lost
To greed come back to the way he used to be,
Before this evil afflicted my dearest.
SERVANT:
I plead, my Lady, for thou to not
Think in this way. Tis not proper! My Lady, there
Must be a better way. Thou needest not wish to
Depart from such world. Thou shall last a little
Longer here, and not depart from those thou
Plan to leave behind.
LADY MACBETH:
Thou hast been faithful to the
Very end. Go forth into the night, and know
That thou hast done and thy could.
Go now, before anyone else finds us.
[Exit SERVANT]
LADY MACBETH:
And now the time draws near,
Tis time to bid this cruel world farewell and
Begin the knocking on Hades door, and lie in
Wait of the answering opening in anticipation.
Takes knife
And so begins my descent to Hell's door, for no
Afterworld would accept my cruel deeds as
Good, so death is the only way. Goodbye world,
Goodbye dearest love, my husband, my heart.
Stabs herself, screams, and dies.