FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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“Out, damned spot.”
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That he murdered sleep
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“Out, out, brief candle.”
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That by a pricking of his thumbs “something wicked this way comes”
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Detailed explanation-1: -He had nightmares about the witches. He stays up late to talk to Macbeth about the witches. He senses something bad will happen to Duncan that night. He was awakened by voices saying, “Macbeth murdered sleep.”
Detailed explanation-2: -’ 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-3: -Macbeth enters. He’s killed Duncan and Duncan’s attendants. His hands are bloodstained and he’s upset that when one of the attendants said, “God bless us” in his sleep, he was unable to say, “Amen.” He also thought he heard a voice say, “Macbeth does murder sleep” (line 34).
Detailed explanation-4: -When they said “amen, ” he tried to say it with them but found that the word stuck in his throat. He adds that as he killed the king, he thought he heard a voice cry out: “Sleep no more, / Macbeth does murder sleep” (2.2. 33–34).