Macbeth Motiff Essay on sleep

Sleep is a time when everything (thoughts, images, fears, and even people) can be put to rest, its like semi-death, but there in the morning there is a rebirth, a reawakening. Sleep is the asylum and refuge for what is done during the day. The pre-murder of Duncan, the aftermaths of the murder and the realization of what Macbeth has done are all parts of the motif sleep. "A heavy summons lies like lead upon …

…d refuge for what is done during the day, and by murdering Duncan who is seeking refuge and asylum to what he has done during the day by sleeping, Macbeth has murdered sleep. Sleep is the place where all people are meant to feel safe and secure and according to him it is like a soothing bath after a hard day of work, but my killing Duncan he has destroyed the very purpose of sleep