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And ’tis not done! Th’ attempt and not the deed
Confounds^4 us. Hark! I laid their daggers ready:
He could not miss ’em. Had he not resembled
My father as he slept, I had done ’t.
[Enter Macbeth.]
My husband!
Macbeth. I have done the deed. Didst thou not hear a noise?
Lady Macbeth. I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry.
Did not you speak?
Macbeth. When?
Lady Macbeth. Now.
Macbeth. As I descended?
Lady Macbeth. Ay.
Macbeth. Hark!
Who lies i’ th’ second chamber?
Lady Macbeth. Donalbain.
Macbeth. This is a sorry^5 sight.
Lady Macbeth. A foolish thought, to say a sorry sight.
Macbeth. There’s one did laugh in ’s sleep, and one cried
“Murder!”
That they did wake each other. I stood and heard them.
But they did say their prayers, and addressed them
Again to sleep.
Lady Macbeth. There are two^6 lodged together.
Macbeth. One cried “God bless us!” and “Amen” the other.
As they had seen me with these hangman’s hands:
List’ning their fear, I could not say “Amen.”
When they did say “God bless us!”
Lady Macbeth. Consider it not so deeply.
Macbeth. But wherefore could not I pronounce “Amen”?
I had most need of blessing, and “Amen”
Stuck in my throat.
Lady Macbeth. These deeds must not be thought
After these ways; so, it will make us mad.
Macbeth. Methought I heard a voice cry “Sleep no more!
Macbeth does murder sleep”—the innocent sleep.
Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave^7 of care.
The death of each day’s life, sore labor’s bath,
Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course,^8
Chief nourisher in life’s feast—
Lady Macbeth. What do you mean?10- Confounds ruins.
15- sorry miserable. 20
25- two Malcolm and Donalbain,
Duncan’s sons.
3035- knits... sleave straightens out
the tangled threads. - second course main course;
sleep.
40CLOSE READ
ANNOTATE: In lines 16–25, mark
the short sentences.
QUESTION: What do these
sentence structures suggest
about the pace and emotions
with which characters speak
these lines?
CONCLUDE: What is the effect of
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CLOSE READ
Remind students to keep in mind what has
just taken place between Macbeth and Lady
Macbeth. You may wish to model the close read
using the following think-aloud format. Possible
responses to questions on the student page
are included.
ANNOTATE: As I read lines 16–25, I notice
and highlight the short sentences of dialogue
between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.QUESTION: As I read the dialogue, I can see that
things have happened very fast; the characters
conspire with each other by speaking in short
sentences to confirm what has happened.CONCLUDE: The short sentences add to the
impact of the murder that has just taken place
and how quickly action has moved forward on in
the play. They suggest the shock that Macbeth
experiences at the horrible nature of his crime.
Point out to students that these quick interactions
remain within the iambic pentameter of the text,
which explains the spacing of the text. Note that line
16 includes words that Lady Macbeth and Macbeth
speak in dialogue.CROSS-CURRICULAR PERSPECTIVE
Science Review the conversation between
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in Scene ii, lines
14–34. Psychologists have devoted considerable
research to the subject of guilt and its effect
on an individual who has committed a crime.
Shakespeare’s Macbeth is, to a large degree,
also a study of the effects of guilt. In Act II, the
guilt Macbeth feels after he murders Duncan is
manifest in several ways: he is unable to answer
a blessing with “Amen” and he thinks he hears avoice saying, “Sleep no more.” Blood is upon his
hands that he feels he cannot wash away. Have
students research the way in which police officers
prepare psychological profiles of criminals.
Be sure to tell students to focus only on
scientifically based cause-and-effect responses
to guilt, not subjective opinions. Then with
this information, have students prepare
a psychological profile of Macbeth and
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