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1. • • When he murders Duncan, Macbeth thinks he hears a voice say "Macbeth does murder sleep" (2.2.34). Sleep symbolizes innocence, purity, and peace of mind, and in killing Duncan Macbeth actually does murder sleep: Lady Macbeth begins to sleepwalk, and Macbeth is haunted by his nightmares.
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   Does Macbeth murder sleep?

   • 45 Methought I heard a voice cry, “Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep”—the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care, The death of each day’s life, sore labor’s bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course, 50 Chief nourisher in life’s feast. I thought I heard a voice cry, “Sleep no more! Macbeth murders sleep.”

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   How does Macbeth feel about sleep?

   • Macbeth also compares sleep to a soothing bath after a day of hard work, and to the main course of a feast. To Macbeth, sleep is not only a necessity of life, but something that makes life worth living, and he feels that when he murdered his King in his sleep, he murdered sleep itself.

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   Why does Macbeth say'sleep on it'?

   • Macbeth uses it as a metaphor for the kind of frustration we experience when we have so many problems that we can't see the end to any of them. In such a case, we often say that we want to "sleep on it" in order to get everything straight. Macbeth also compares sleep to a soothing bath after a day of hard work, and to the main course of a feast.

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   Does Lady Macbeth sleep?

   • Lady Macbeth is not getting any sleep while she sleeps. Instead she relives the horrors of King Duncan's murder and of the visit of Banquo's ghost. "Macbeth does murder sleep," a voice cried out to Macbeth as he was about to kill King Duncan. The voice was right.

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3. www.litcharts.com › macbeth › act-2-scene-2Macbeth Act 2, Scene 2 Translation | Shakescleare, by LitCharts

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   Innocent sleep. Sleep that smooths away all our fears and worries; that puts an end to each day; that eases the aches of the day’s work; and soothes hurt minds. Sleep, the main and most nourishing course in the feast of life.

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   Feb 2, 2020 · Macbeth also compares sleep to a soothing bath after a day of hard work, and to the main course of a feast. To Macbeth, sleep is not only a necessity of life, but something that makes life worth living, and he feels that when he murdered his King in his sleep, he murdered sleep itself.

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   MACBETH. Methought I heard a voice cry, “Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep”—the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care, The death of each day’s life, sore labor’s bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course, Chief nourisher in life’s feast. LADY MACBETH.

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   Jul 31, 2015 · Scene 2. Synopsis: Lady Macbeth waits anxiously for Macbeth to return from killing Duncan. When Macbeth enters, he is horrified by what he has done. He has brought with him the daggers that he used on Duncan, instead of leaving them in the room with Duncan’s servants as Lady Macbeth had planned.

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   MACBETH: Methought I heard a voice cry 'Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep', the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, 50: Chief nourisher in life's feast,--LADY MACBETH: What do you mean? MACBETH

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