FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Macbeth’s guilt and the consequences for his actions
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Macbeth’s decision to murder Duncan in his sleep
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The fact that Duncan will never wake up from his “sleep”
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His paranoia that someone witnessed the murder
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the play, sleep is used to develop the theme of innocence, conscience and guilt, it shows that innocence and guilt can affect sleep and how losing one’s innocence can mean losing one’s ability to sleep. As Macbeth killed Duncan, he lose his innocence. He couldn’t sleep anymore due to his guilty conscience.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the passage, Macbeth hallucinates and thinks that he hears someone saying “Sleep no more.” In reality, the voice is caused by his conscience. This is a very critical passage in which assert the theme that guilt will always recoil upon the culprit.
Detailed explanation-3: -’Sleep no more! ‘ This shows that Macbeth is so guilty that he will never be able to sleep again. He has murdered the king while he is sleeping, which is a deceitful thing to do especially as the king is in line to God.
Detailed explanation-4: -In this scene, Macbeth returns from murdering Duncan, alarmed that he heard a noise. Lady Macbeth dismisses his fears and sees that he has brought the guards’ daggers with him, rather than planting them at the scene of the crime. She tells him to return the daggers but he refuses and Lady Macbeth goes instead.