Ryan Thomas World Lit Honors Mrs. Sullivan April 13, 2007 Imagine a quiet, peaceful slumber after a hard day. Now, imagine never resting again, demons haunting you every time you fall asleep. MacBeth faces this exact fate throughout the play, as he falls further and further into madness. Indeed, from the moment of MacBeth’s first act of evil, his murder of Duncan, sleep’s very nature reverses. Sleep no longer heals a weary mind and body; instead, it harms