Motif Of Sleep In Macbeth

The tragedy Macbeth was written by William Shakespeare in 1606. Macbeth is about a soldier named Macbeth being told a prophecy by three witches that he will become king and rule the country. Throughout the play Macbeth goes through tremendous changes from him being very brave to becoming very violent and untrustworthy. Macbeth being eager about getting into the position of being king and with the help of his wife Lady Macbeth kills Duncan the King of Scotland, but is later overwhelmed with guilt and becomes very violent. Which also led to another killing later in the story of Banquo the noble general. During Macbeth Shakespeare talks about many different themes and motifs including blood, sleep, hands, and hell. The motif of sleep played

The motif of sleep is created from the night that Macbeth killed Duncan. In Act II Macbeth kills Duncan; and Macbeth is so shocked about what he has done and that he starts to hear voices. “ The voice kept crying, “ sleep no more!” to everyone in the house. “Macbeth has murdered sleep, and therefore Macbeth will sleep no more,” ( Act 2, Scene 2, Pg. 59). The voice in Macbeth's head is trying to say that Macbeth killed this man while he was in a peaceful sleep. So in return Macbeth won’t be able to have peaceful sleep anymore because his conscience has become tormented. Macbeth stated the voices said he killed sleep because he murdered Duncan. In doing that he extinguished his own peaceful sleep; so although he may be able to sleep, his sleep will be tormented by nightmares. Also in the story Lady Macbeth suffers the inability to sleep. During Act V Lady Macbeth is feeling overwhelmed and guilty of finishing off Duncan's murder and begins to sleepwalk.”(rubbing her hands) Come out, damned spot! Out, I command you! One, two. OK, it’s time to do it now.—Hell is murky!—Nonsense, my lord, nonsense! You are a soldier, and yet you are afraid? Why should we be scared, when no one can