Why is Lady Macbeth walking in her sleep a significant event in Macbeth?

I would argue that this is a significant event for the
following three reasons. Firstly, it acts as a proof of what has only been rumour before
that. The way that Lady Macbeth sleepwalks in front of the Doctor and Gentlewoman and
obviously confesses her own involvement and her husband's involvement in Dunan's murder
gives tangible proof of Macbeth's crimes and tyranny, which of course matches what is
happening in Scotland. Note what the Doctor says having seen Lady Macbeth and heard her
words:

Foul
whisp'rings are abroad. Unnatural deeds

Do breed unnatural
troubles: infected minds

To their deaf pillows will
discharge their secrets.

The
Doctor sees this act of evil, the murder of Duncan, as the cause of "foul whisp'rings"
and the "infected" mind of Lady Macbeth is the result of her "unnatural
deeds."

This of course leads us to the second way that this
is important, which is to show the disintegration of Lady Macbeth's character. In Act
One and the murder of Duncan, we see that she is the force to be reckoned with. It is
she that goads her husband into committing regicide and she that willingly abandons
herself to the forces of evil so her husband can become king. Yet here we see the result
of those actions. She is obviously suffering the results of her "unnatural deeds" and
the evil she has committed.

Lastly, let us just briefly
think about how this impacts Macbeth. From this scene in Act V scene 1 we can see that
there is obviously a split growing between Macbeth and his wife, which has been shown
through the way that he has orchestrated further murders without her help. Now his wife
is clearly deranged and we can see how Macbeth is becoming further isolated. Even his
wife is no longer able to support him.