Sleep

Question 1

What does Macbeth say in Act 1 Scene 3 to show he may have disturbed sleep

Answer 1

‘dull brain was wrought with things forgotten’

Question 2

What does Banquo say to suggest the reason for disturbed sleep?

Answer 2

‘cursed thoughts’

Question 3

What does Macbeth say in A2S2 to suggest he has killed sleep?

Answer 3

‘Macbeth hath murdered sleep’

Question 4

What does Lady Macbeth say to suggest that sleep is a healing force?

Answer 4

Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleave of care

Question 5

What does Macbeth say in A3S2 to suggest that guilt has entered his sleep?

Answer 5

terrible dreams that shake us nightly

Question 6

What does Macbeth say in A2S2 to suggest his sleep will never be achieved?

Answer 6

‘Sleep no more!’

Question 7

What does Macduff say in A2S3 to suggest how Macbeth now won’t be able to die?

Answer 7

deaths counterfeit

Question 8

What does the doctor say in A5S1 to show how Lady Macbeth’s true sleep has been disrupted?

Answer 8

those which have walked in their sleep

Question 9

What would you talk about surrounding an essay on sleep?

Answer 9

1. Sleep (lack of) reflects the mental state
2. How actions directly affect sleep