Macbeth and sleep
By Andrew Black, Austin Snyder, and Kevin Lyon
"Glamis hath murder'd sleep, and therefore Cawdor Shall sleep no more" (Act 2)
We think this means:
- Since the murder of Duncan, people are restless
- People feel vulnerable
- People cant sleep at night
"you lack the season of all natures, sleep" (Act 3)
We think this means:
- You are crazy, go to bed
- Macbeth isn't acting like himself, might be scaring his wife
- People might find out about them
- He is becoming vulnerable
"this is her very guise,and, upon my life fast asleep" (Act 5)
We think this means:
- She is sleep walking
- Lady Macbeth's guilt makes her body restless
- She is vulnerable to her own guilt