Following Macbeth murdering King Duncan, he imagines that there are voices speaking to him through the walls. The voices he hears are his thoughts projected. He shares what he hears with Lady Macbeth, “There’s one did laugh in ’s sleep, and one cried/ ‘Murder!’” (Mac. 2.2.30-31). He envisions that these voices are his guests and they are laughing at him. He imagines that they are taunting him for committing the murder. The fantasies continue and Macbeth hears, “One cried ‘God bless us’ and ‘Amen’ the other,” (Mac. 2.2.37). Upon seeing the devil, it is customary to request protection from God. Macbeth assumes that the voices he hears are afraid of him and view him as the Devil, who they need protection from. In addition, Macbeth is fearful for his innocence and ability to sleep. He detects a voice cursing, “‘Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefore/ Cawdor/ Shall sleep no more. Macbeth shall sleep no more,’” (Mac. 2.2.55-57). This voice vocalizes Macbeth’s fear that he destroys his rest place, where he can find refuge from the world. He fears he will no longer be able to sleep. The voices also notes that his name changes from Glamis to Cawdor. Cawdor is a traitorous thane, and now Macbeth commits the greatest territory posible.
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He attempts to calm himself but is unsuccessful and turns to desperation. He fights to make himself feel guilty. First he questions if all the enormous oceans could possibly cleanse him of his deed. He challenges his actions by inquiring, “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood/ Clean from my hand?” (Mac. 2.2.78-79). He strives to display the depth of the murder to himself. He then blames himself further insisting, “No, this my hand will rather/ The multitudinous seas incarnadine,” (Mac. 2.2.79-80). He claims that all the oceans would not clean his hands, rather he would contaminate the water. Macbeth is fighting to cause himself pain for his
He attempts to calm himself but is unsuccessful and turns to desperation. He fights to make himself feel guilty. First he questions if all the enormous oceans could possibly cleanse him of his deed. He challenges his actions by inquiring, “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood/ Clean from my hand?” (Mac. 2.2.78-79). He strives to display the depth of the murder to himself. He then blames himself further insisting, “No, this my hand will rather/ The multitudinous seas incarnadine,” (Mac. 2.2.79-80). He claims that all the oceans would not clean his hands, rather he would contaminate the water. Macbeth is fighting to cause himself pain for his