- Lady Macbeth cannot kill Duncan herself because he looks too much like her own biological father.
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- This suggests that Lady Macbeth still has / feels human emotions and has a conscience.
- “Macbeth sleeps no more!”
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- Sleep has connotations of REST, dreams / nightmares, PEACE, safety.
- Macbeth kills Duncan when Duncan is asleep
- Macbeth has destroyed the peace and order of Scotland, plunging his world/ Scotland into chaos
- Macbeth disturbes the grace period of rest that comes after a season of war.
- Macbeth will never find rest again because he is now a murderer, he can never find peace, only guilt.
- This destruction of peace is reflected in the natural world of the play which falls into chaos as described by Lennox as being unnaturally stormy, dark, and miserable.
March 29, 2017