1) a. Macbeth: Methought I heard a voice cry “Sleep no more! / Macbeth does murder sleep”—the innocent sleep, (Act 2.2.47-48)
b. I thought I heard a voice cry, “Sleep no more! Macbeth is murdering sleep. The innocent sleep.
c. In the play, it is not safe to sleep. Macbeth takes sleep as an opportunity to kill Duncan, but he fears that Duncan might wakes up.
2) a. Lady Macbeth: Infirm of purpose! / Give me the daggers. The sleeping and the dead / Are but as pictures. ’Tis the eye of childhood / That fears a painted devil. (Act 2.2. 68-71)
b. Wimp! Give me the daggers. Someone who is sleeping and dead can’t hurt you more than a picture can. Only children are afraid of scary painting.
c. In the quote, Lady Macbeth used the word sleep as if it is the same thing
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as death. She thinks there is nothing Duncan can do once he is asleep or dead. 3) a. Macduff: Banquo and Donalbain, Malcolm, awake! / Shake off this downy sleep, death’s counterfeit, / And look on death itself. Up, up, and see (Act 2.3.87-89) b. Banquo, Donalbain, and Malcolm! Wake up! Stop sleeping because it is similar to death. Now look at what death really it. Come up and see. c. Sleep has been compared to death again. Macduff talks as if it is not auspicious to sleep. 4) a. Lady Macbeth: What’s the business, / That such a hideous trumpet calls to parley / The sleepers of the house? Speak, speak!(Act 2.3.93-95) b.
What is happening? What is this fearful trumpet that calls everyone that is sleeping. Tell me!
c. The word sleep has change to the word sleeper to describe those who are asleep. Something serious is assumed to happen if it wakes everyone from their sleep.
5) a. Macbeth: Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep / In the affliction of these terrible dreams / That shake us nightly. Better be with the dead, (Act 3.2.20-22)
b. We will be eat in fear and sleep in terrible dreams that shake us at night. I will rather be dead than deal with this mess.
c. Macbeth feels guilty about what he has done. The nightmares in his sleep is used to show his guiltiness. The word sleep has become a fearful torture.
6) a. Macbeth: Duncan is in his grave. / After life’s fitful fever he sleeps well. / Treason has done his worst; nor steel nor poison, / Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing / Can touch him further. (Act 3.2.25-27)
b. Duncan is lying in his graves after all the troubles. I have done the worst I can do with my treason. Nothing can hurt him further now.
c. Instead of saying that Duncan is dead, Macbeth describes as if Duncan is sleeping peacefully. The word dead and sleep is being switching around often in the
play. 7)a. Lady Macbeth: You lack the season of all natures, sleep. (Act 3.4.173) b. You need to sleep. c. Lady Macbeth thinks Macbeth is getting crazy, so she tells him to go to sleep. In this quote the word sleep isn’t linked to death, but simply means to get some rest. 8) a. Macbeth: Come, we’ll to sleep. My strange and self-abuse / Is the initiate fear that wants hard use. / We are yet but young in deed. (Act.3.4. 174-176) b. Yes, let’s go to sleep. I am being fooled by fears. We are inexperience when it comes to crime. 9) a. Lennox: Did he not straight / In pious rage the two delinquents tear / That were the slaves of drink and thralls of sleep? / Was not that nobly done? (Act 3.6.14-16) b. Isn’t it right for Macbeth to kill the two servants who were drunk and asleep because of rage? Isn’t that loyal? c. Lennox thinks someone who is asleep will be likely to make mistake. Same for people that are drunk, they’re likely to make mistake too. 10)a. Lord: (with Him above / To ratify the work),we may again / Give to our tables meat, sleep to our nights, / Free from our feasts and banquets bloody knives, (Act 3.6.37-40) b. With God above, he may bring food and peace to the night again and free our banquets from bloody murderer. c. The Lord uses sleep as a sign of peace. He hopes the troubles will settle down peacefully. General Conclusion (252 words): In Act 2, the word sleep is often linked towards death. It is a horrible thing to be asleep in the play because danger usually happens while sleeping. For example, Duncan dies because he is sleeping. To Lady Macbeth, someone who is sleeping isn’t anything to be afraid of. She makes comparison between the asleep Duncan and the painting. Painting doesn’t move. Someone who is sleeping doesn’t move too. Macduff also makes a connection between sleep and death. Like Lady Macbeth, he believes sleeping is similar to dead. The word sleep has become fearful. Macduff wakes everyone up to prevent more tragic from happening. If everyone keeps sleeping, someone else will probably be dead like Duncan. At the beginning of Act 3, Macbeth is struggling with what he has done. Sleep is a horror to him since he suffers with nightmares. The word sleep and the nightmares also shows that Macbeth still has a sense of moral. Otherwise he wouldn’t be feeling guilty. Sleeping is no longer comfort nor peaceful to Macbeth. On the last few scene of Act 3, the definition of sleep has shifted back to a sign of peacefulness. Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to go to sleep hoping that sleep will makes him be more calm, so he won’t see the ghost of Banquo anymore. Ironically, instead of peace, Macbeth gains fear through sleep. Even more ironic is that Macbeth is the one who has made sleeping becomes so fearful. As Macbeth goes to sleep, peace has finally come.
Macbeth, 5.1.46-7). This quote gives a sense of finality to the actions and crimes committed in
Shakespeare, William, and John Wilders. "Act 1, Scene 7." Macbeth. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Page 2. Print.
Macbeth’s royalness and self-confidence had made King Duncan believe in Macbeth to become a great leader one day. Duncan holds a great deal of amount of trust into Macbeth now. With Macbeth’s vaulting ambition, he has no choice now to kill Duncan and fulfill his ambition. Macbeth soon later kills Duncan with Duncan’s blood all over his hands. “Still it cried 'Sleep no more!' to all the house: Glamis hath murder'd sleep, and therefore Cawdor Shall sleep no more; Macbeth shall sleep no more.” (2.2.53-55). Macbeth has brought a great amount of guilt to himself. He feels that he will never sleep again because he destroyed
Macbeth feels a great deal of remorse after he has killed the king. He understands that he has committed a sin and will be punished. He is so terrified that he hears voices telling him:“ Macbeth does murder sleep, … , Macbeth shall sleep no more”(Act 2, Sc.2 p. 57). Macbeth is very upset with himself and wishes that he never killed Duncan. “To know my deed it were best not know myself.” When he hears strange knocking at the gate he wishes that it wakes up Duncan, “wake Duncan with thy knocking”, however it is too late (Act 2, Sc.3 p. 61).
Thirdly Lady Macbeth shows more ambition then Macbeth does in terms of gaining power regarding kingship. When Macbeth doesn’t care for power anymore and regrets killing Duncan. Thinking of the consequences he says “I’ll go no more: I am afraid to think what I have done;” (2.
Macbeth is describing sleep as a wonderful thing. It gives you energy and nourishes you like food from a feast.
"Ay, and a bold one, that dare look on that Which might appal the devil." (Macbeth,III,iv, ) LADY MACBETH. "O proper stuff! This is the very painting of your fear: This is the air-drawn dagger which, you said, Led you to Duncan. O, these flaws, and starts,-- Impostors to true fear,--would well become A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authoriz'd by her grandam.
(II, ii, 35) His innocence was killed and he knows that he has to live with this guilt for the rest of his life, hence Macbeth will never sleep peacefully ever again. After each successive murder, Macbeth becomes more and more inhumane. “I am in blood Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o 'er.” (III, iv, 143-145)
This theme is further verified by King Duncan's statement "There's no art/ To find the mind's construction in the face..." (Act 1, Scene 4, Lines 11-12) Although Macbeth has the semblance of the amicable and dutiful host, ("fair") he is secretly plotting Duncan's death ("foul"). Furthermore, Lady Macbeth's orchestration of the murder exemplifies the twisted atmosphere in Inverness. Both a woman and a host, she should be the model of grace and femininity. She is described, however, as a "fiendlike queen" (Act 5, Scene 6, Line 69) and exhibits a cold, calculating mentality. In addition, the very porter of Inverness likens the place to the dwelling of the devil Beelzebub. This implies that despite its "pleasant seat," (Act 1, Scene 6, Line 1) Inverness is a sinister and evil place. It is also interesting to note that Macbeth is unable to say a prayer to bless himself after murdering Duncan. It is strange and "foul" that he should think of religion after committing such an unholy act. The very sanction of sleep and repose is also attacked in Macbeth. What is normally considered a refreshing and necessary human activity is "murdered" by Macbeth after he commits his heinous crime. Neither Macbeth nor his wife is able to sleep after killing Duncan. Macbeth's lack of sleep makes him a brutal killer; Lady Macbeth begins to sleepwalk and inadvertently reveals the source of her distress through her nightly babble.
Macbeth’s story highlights the inherent goodness found in all of us, but also the evil that lurks within us, unnourished. Although there is no redemption for Macbeth’s evil sins, he finally comes to acknowledge his crimes and thus can provoke pity in the eyes of the audience. Macbeth’s psychological journey from a courageous general to a “ dead butcher” (5.9.41) is one that truly merits to be called a tragedy.
The tone of Macbeth is dark and ominous and it is used to arouse feeling within the audience, which prognosticates the destruction to be brought upon by the protagonist’s immoral ambitions. The dialogue by Macbeth, “Blood will have blood,”(3, Ⅳ) stirs sinister feelings among the audience, which foreshadows the continuous bloodshed yet to happen due to him and Lady Macbeth in their attempt to further secure their dominance. When Hecate vows to ruin Macbeth, stating how “security/ Is mortals’ chiefest enemy,” the audience is indicated of the fatal end that awaits Macbeth’s excessive confidence and ambition. As Macbeth tells Lady Macbeth, “Sleep no more,” it indicates not only sleepless nights but its foreboding tone has a deeper meaning conveying the consequences that are expected for the sin he has committed. Thus, the tone of Macbeth was an effective literary device employed by Shakespeare to communicate this particular
Macbeth follows the plan and kills Duncan (II, ii, 15). Directly following the murder, Macbeth can no longer say amen (II, iii, 31-33). Macbeth also hears a voice in his head say, “sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep”(II, ii, 35, 36). For the rest of the play, Macbeth suffers from insomnia.
Macbeth had invited the King and the King's men to his castle to celebrate the victory of the battle that had been won. That night, while everyone was asleep, Macbeth took a dagger and killed the King. After the murder he became very paranoid. In act 2, scene 2, he cries: "Didst thou not hear a noise? ...There's one did laugh in's sleep, and one cried `murder!', Methought I heard a voice cry `Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep'...I am afraid to think what I have done; look on't again I dare not."
him by pointing out how easy it would be " When Duncan is asleep-"5. Macbeth
Shakespeare, William, and John Crowther. No Fear Shakespeare: Macbeth. ed. New York: Spark Publishing, 2003. Print.