Para 2

• "I heard a voice cry 'Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep' " (Act 2).

  
  

  
  

  • Thro play, there's a recurring motif that makes sleep synonymous innocence. M, troubled by guilt, experiences disturbed sleep pattern, symbolise his departure from a state of innocence.
  • This disintegration of innocence is direct consequence of his deceitful actions in committing regicide. M's descent into madness is evident, as no longer issues imperative commands e.g. "stars hide your fires." Instead, reflects on mental anguish & haunting "cries" that torment his troubled mind.
• "I heard a voice cry 'Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep' " (Act 2).

  
  

  
  

  • Exclamative sentence "Sleep no more!" emphasise enduring & irreversible nature of M's loss of sleep & innocence. His disruption of natural order thro his wickedness, masked by facade of moral piety, has forever condemned his mind 2 relentless torment of guilt. Sempiternally, he'll battle w moral restlessness, finding no redemption or salvation 4 sins he has committed as a murderous tyrant who defied innate moral & natural order.