1. To Sleep Per, Chance To Dream
Macbeth is a play rich with Gothic images including many references to dreams and sleep. ... 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. ... Macbeth acknowledges the gravity of his actions with these words. ... (Act II, 3) Again we have a reference to sleep as the spoils of the innocent, untroubled mind, similar to Macbeth's words after he has killed Duncan. ...
- Word Count: 2655
- Approx Pages: 11
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School