Siesta Sleep is a vital part of every day and for most it is the only constant. Although, change in people’s daily lives is inevitable, sleep is the one thing that one can be sure about. From starting a day off by rising from sleep to going back to sleep as night falls, this “constant” is true for all. Another person who Macbeth, a thane, who through his accomplishments on the battlefield was slowly inching up the social ladder. Then, when the greed for power begins to eat him and the bodies start piling up things beginbegan to change for the characters. When the delicate balance of sleep is disrupted, dire consequences come about as they do in Shakespeare's play Macbeth. Through the characters’ reactions to the severe deprivation of sleep, …show more content…
In the beginning Macbeth’s prospects look very adjective. Infact, even better than good considering how well his victories are earning him rewards per say. However, as soon as Duncan is murdered, the guilt from the action begins to affect his sleep and consequently his sanity. Macbeth exclaims to Llady 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” (2.2.35-36). Not only does Macbeth begin to hear voices which in no way is a positive effect but also he feels as though in a way he has murdered the innocent sleep. Through Macbeth’s words, his feelings that sleep is the solution to all problems as well ahas a crucial part of what makes life worth living are shown. This feeling that he has lost the one thing that truly acts as a brace and to an extent make life worthwhile, slowly leads Macbeth’s mental health to deteriorate to a point where it is noticeable by all. After, Macbeth’s crazed outbursts and claims of being able to see Banquo’s ghost, Macbeth’s mental state transgresses past mildly disturbed to something that can be seen by all the goers of the banquet. Lady Macbeth in order to keep the secret of their king’s worsened mental health pleas to …show more content…
Lady Macbeth’s crazed mental state begins to come into view long after Macbeth. The simplest explanation being that the guilt of the murders took longer to get to her. When the doctor concludes, “A great perturbation in nature, to receive at once the benefit of sleep, and do the line effects of watching. In this slumbery agitation, besides her walking and other actual performances,” (5.1.10-12), Lady Macbeth’s lack of sleep is noticed. Even when she is sleepwalking she is not getting the nourishing benefits of actual sleep. The same sleep that keeps people sane, makes life worth living, and acts as a balm to the problems in life. Due to Lady Macbeth’s guilt being bottled in for so long, once the immense impact of the guilt hits her and, her mental health begins to worsen at a very rapidly. She begins to show all the signs of being lost as her husband. However it gets worse when she starts speaking to a non-existent blood stain and exclaims, “Out, damned spot! Out, I say!—One, two. Why, then, ’tis time to do ’t. Hell is murky!—Fie, my lord, fie! A soldier, and afeard?” (5.1.25-27). Lady Macbeth throughout the story never had really felt any guilt for any of the actions her husband had committed. She upheld her strong front and said all the marks of their guilt could just be physically removed. However, as soon as the wall she had put up came down, her sanity went down with it. Once she had lost the