Sleepwalking

"Fair is foul, and foul is fair."(Shakespeare 1.1.11) This quote was repeated many times throughout the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. It refers to the false appearances of situations and personalities in the play. The three witches are characters that are guilty of false appearance in Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is also a character that frequently hides her true thoughts and actions throughout the play. Lastly, the theme of appearance versus reality has greatly impacted the appearance of the…

An image is a word or phrase that suggests a mental picture that we associate with one of our senses. When Shakespeare refers to blood, the reader is meant to use imagery to see its redness, and feel its stickiness. The word “blood” is used again and again, more than forty times throughout the play. From beginning to end, Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, has reappearing imagery of blood. The duty and function of bloody imagery in Macbeth expresses a representation of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s…

4. MACBETH In this chapter, I will elaborate on Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy Macbeth. This is one of my favorite tragedies since it is about the psychological effects of ambition on those who strive for power for its own sake. “In the play Shakespeare depicts the tragedy of a man torn between an amoral will and a powerfully moral intellect. Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a study of the evil that is in every human heart and of one man’s downfall as he willfully gives way to its temptations”.…

hands, it was because she did not want to be left in the dark, she lived her whole life in the dark, with her guilty conscious that caused her mental illness. “Shakespeare often used light to symbolize the dawning of truth. He has Lady Macbeth sleepwalking aimlessly with a taper (a candle) as she begs, "Out damn spot, out I say," seeking to wash away her sins and bring in the light of the darkness she's been holding in”(Pizzo). A burning candle is a metaphor for a life because a candle can be…

man would have had so much blood in him? (5.1.32-37) In this part of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”, Lady Macbeth has started her hallucinations. The blood stained guilt has taken over her conscience and has made her start hallucinating. Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking in the palace, and starts to scream at an imaginary thing. That “thing” she is screaming at is imaginary blood. When she sees this blood, she is sensing her own guilt and has finally realized that she has made horrible mistakes. She is…

Sleep, defined as a naturally recurring state of mind and body characterized by altered consciousness, relatively inhibited sensory activity, inhibition of nearly all voluntary muscles, and reduced interactions with surroundings. As humans, we all experience sleep, however, others experience it differently. Although sleep is relatively important for all humans, each human encounters sleep differently. For example, one can sleep through the night without a problem, whereas others will experience…

Anyone born mortal has some manner of flaw. Some are more severe than others. The characters in Shakespeare's “Macbeth” are no exception. Some characters have minor flaws that should not be detrimental and others have major flaws that are destructive and eventually lead to their downfall. Not every character in the play is deserving of their fate. Some of them are victims of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Regardless of the circumstances, the cause of their downfall is due to their…

If you were moments away from being in an inevitable car accident, would you try to stop the car, or, would you try to defend yourself from the accidents’ aftermath? Sure, we have all heard of the ‘fight or flight’ defensive mechanism, it was Sigmund Freud himself who described the first complete theory of personality, and founded psychoanalysis. His descriptions described the mental and emotional systems of defense, which we all have, but vary depending on the situation we are forced to face.…

The first topic, and one I found most interesting is how people alter their consciousness through drugs and alcohol. This was really interesting to me as I grew up in a home with drug addiction, so learning about what makes drugs so appealing and addicting really opened my eyes. A lot of the information covered in that section was information that I was already familiar with, however I did read some things that did surprise me. For example, marijuana was listed as a hallucinogen which really…

attempting to avenge his father’s death by getting revenge on Macbeth. The darkness takes a toll on many character’s and specifically leads to Lady Macbeth’s unstableness and death. Darkness is a common theme in Macbeth as it is when Lady Macbeth’s sleepwalking takes place, the murders…