sleep no more

In act two there are many references to sleep. The one that stands to me the most important is in scene two after Macbeth has killed Duncan. Macbeth said “Methought I heard a voice cry, ‘Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep!’ the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleave of care, The death of each day’s life, sore labour’s bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course chief nourisher in life’s feast”(80). This quote is vary important because it talks about what sleep does to help us and what it will do if we do not have it. It the quote it says that sleep will undo the knots of our worries. This is important because as the play goes on Macbeth is going to go crazy and worry about things and will kill Banquo because of it. It also says that sleep is a soothing rest from work, Macbeth will no longer be able to relax because he will be haunted by what he has done. It also says that sleep is healing for the sick minds, this means that with out sleep Macbeth will not be able to be in his right mind. Macbeth has killed sleep so he will no longer get what sleep brings to us. This is the beginning to Macbeth going insane.