© Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All rights reserved.NOTESDoctor. A great perturbation in nature, to receive at
once the benefit of sleep and do the effects of watching!^3
In this slumb’ry agitation, besides her walking, and
other actual performances, what, at any time, have you
heard her say?
Gentlewoman. That, sir, which I will not report after her.
Doctor. You may to me, and ’tis most meet^4 you should.
Gentlewoman. Neither to you nor anyone, having no witness to
confirm my speech.
[Enter Lady Macbeth, with a taper.]
Lo you, here she comes! This is her very guise,^5 and, upon my
life, fast asleep! Observe her; stand close.^6
Doctor. How came she by that light?
Gentlewoman. Why, it stood by her. She has light by her
continually. ’Tis her command.
Doctor. You see, her eyes are open.
Gentlewoman. Ay, but their sense^7 are shut.
Doctor. What is it she does now? Look, how she rubs
her hands.
Gentlewoman. It is an accustomed action with her,
to seem thus washing her hands; I have known her
continue in this a quarter of an hour.
Lady Macbeth. Yet here’s a spot.
Doctor. Hark! She speaks. I will set down what comes
from her, to satisfy^8 my remembrance the more strongly.
Lady Macbeth. Out, damned spot! Out, I say! One: two:
why, then ’tis time to do ’t. Hell is murky. Fie, my
lord, fie! A soldier, and afeard? What need we fear
who knows it, when none can call our pow’r to
accompt?^9 Yet who would have thought the old man
to have had so much blood in him?
Doctor. Do you mark that?
Lady Macbeth. The Thane of Fife had a wife. Where is
she now? What, will these hands ne’er be clean? No
more o’ that, my lord, no more o’ that! You mar all
with this starting.
Doctor. Go to, go to! You have known what you should not.
Gentlewoman. She has spoke what she should not, I am
sure of that. Heaven knows what she has known.
Lady Macbeth. Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the
perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.
Oh, oh, oh!perturbation (puhr tuhr BAY shuhn)
n. disturbance- effects of watching, deeds of
one awake.
10agitation (aj uh TAY shuhn) n. state
of nervous anxiety- meet suitable.^15
- guise custom.
- close hidden.
20- sense power of sight.
2530- satisfy support.
35- to accompt into account.
CLOSE READ
ANNOTATE: In lines 29–59, mark
details that relate to being soiled
or unclean. Mark other details
that relate to fear.
QUESTION: With what emotions
does Lady Macbeth seem to be
struggling in her sleep?
CONCLUDE: How does this
scene add to the readers’
understanding of Lady Macbeth’s
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CLOSE READ
Remind students to focus on Lady Macbeth‘s
behavior, before and during this scene. You may
wish to model the Close Read using the following
think-aloud format. Possible responses to
questions on the student page are included. You
may also want to print copies of the Close-Read
Guide: Fiction for students to use.
ANNOTATE: As I read lines 29–59, I notice
references, indirect and direct, to hand-washing.
QUESTION: Lady Macbeth seems haunted by her
role in the murder of King Duncan.CONCLUDE: Readers can see that Lady Macbeth
feels deeply guilty and is terribly afraid that she
will never be forgiven.CROSS-CURRICULAR PERSPECTIVES
Science Review Lady Macbeth’s
sleepwalking problem, introduced in
in Scene i, lines 1–12. Inform students
that sleepwalking, also known as
somnambulism, is a sleep disorder
that causes sleeping people to walk
around, speak, and perform actions
people normally do only when they are
awake. Explain that normal sleep consistsof several stages; these occur in cycles
throughout the night. Stage 1 is a light
sleep. During Stage 2, the sleeper’s
brainwaves slow down. Stages 3 and 4
are periods of deep sleep—and most
sleepwalking occurs during these stages.
Encourage interested students to research
causes and treatments of sleepwalking.
Students may wish to compare modernmedical opinions on sleepwalking to
Shakespeare’s Doctor’s observations about
the condition: “A great perturbation in
nature, to receive at once the benefit of
sleep and do the effects of watching!”
(Scene i, lines 8–9) “Infected minds to
their deaf pillows will discharge their
secrets. More needs she the divine than
the physician.” (Scene i, lines 67–69)Additional English Language Support
is available in the Interactive Teacher’s
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