Macbeth

Moreover, the motif of equivocation is related to what the witches chant " fair is foul and foul is fair. Macbeth wants to be as deadly as the dagger. Duncan ,which beckons him towards Duncans door. Sleep is " curtain'd" because the four post beds hung with curtain to keep out drafts, but in the dark of nights wicked dreams sleep can be penetrated by those wicked dreams. So instead of turning the key and opening the gate, he describes some people he might welcome into hell. Banquo remarks, " oftentimes, to win us to our harm. He tells himself that it is the time of night for hallucinations. " It occurs to the Porter that if he were the gatekeeper of hell, he would have plenty of opportunities to turn the key. Just after Macbeth has been named Thane of Cawdor, he questions himself if he can believe the witches prophecies. We often say that we need to "sleep on " a problem, but what do you do when you murder sleep as Macbeth does? On the night of King Duncan's murder, Banquo says to his son , " A heavy summons lies like lead upon me, And yet I would not sleep. Banquo is warning Macbeth that the witches could lure him to great evil by telling small truths. After the killing of Duncan , Macbeth gazes at his bloody hands.