![]() Shakespeare implied that even through Macbeth and Lady Macbeth didn’t face formal justice they were punishing themselves. He killed the king in his sleep and this quote shows how distressed he had become from his actions. Macbeth thinks he heard a voice saying, “Sleep no more!” because he feels guilty for killing King Duncan and he suffers the consequence of not sleeping anymore. Sleep is vital for a healthy life and when it is taken away it can drive you insane which is the demise of Macbeth. The characters who have not done anything to feel guilty are rewarded with sleep. Shakespeare uses sleep as a reward and a consequence throughout the play as those who are innocent reap the rewards of peaceful sleep. Guilt and the motif of sleep help us understand the development of the play. ![]() Lady Macbeth starts to decline because of her overwhelming sense of guilt, and she cries, ‘These hands will ne’er be clean.’ This metaphor emphasises that she feels that no matter what her hands will never be rid of the guilt and ‘blood’ that had covered her hands. They experience hallucinations which the doctor says in this hyperbole ‘A great perturbation in nature, to receive at once the benefit of sleep, and do the effects of watching.” This highlights how they no longer receive the benefits of sleep but instead they only see the effects of hallucinations. ![]() Eventually their guilt causes them both to go insane. Their dreams were haunted by their guilt which caused them both to suffer severe sleep deprivation and hallucinations. ![]()
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