forbid: Weary sev’n nights, nine timesnine, Shall he dwindle, peak, and pine: Though his bark cannot be lost, Yet isshall be tempest-toss’d. (Shakespeare Act I, Scene III) Macbeth was literally being drained dry as hay, “Macbeth: And, with thy bloody and invisiblehand, cancel, and tear to pieces, that great bond which keeps me pale” (Shakespeare Act III,Scene II). He often complained how he never slept. He had insomnia and it had all started thenight he had killed Duncan. “Macbeth: Still it cried, ‘Sleep no more!’ to all the house: ‘Glamishath murther’d sleep: and therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more, Macbeth shall sleep no more’”(Shakespeare Act II, Scene II). Shakespeare used foreshadowing in most of all of his plays. There are also many who believe that Macbeth and the Bible are related to one another. Paul N.Siegel says Macbeth resembles Adam in being suggested to evil by demonic forces, in thedeliberate choice of evil which seems good, in his desire to rise in the scale ofbeing, and in susceptibility to wifely logic. Thus his characterization isuniversalized and made applicable to every man. Evil in Macbeth is given thesame wide reference by the protagonist’s linkage with Judas, Lucifer, and Saul. Macbeth is like Judas in that his victim, Duncan, is a Christ-figure overflowingwith love and grace; in his welcome at Dunsinane to Duncan as being reminiscentof Judas at the Last Supper; and in the earthquake and eclipse that accompany thecrucifixion of Christ and the murder of Duncan. (Monarch Notes 4)In my opinion, I never would have thought about Macbeth and the Bible relating to one another,but everyone has their own opinion. Symbolism played a very important part in Macbeth. Blood, for instance, was very key in it. Duncan’s blood on the Macbeth’s hands is a symbol ofthe evil crime they committed, the guilt of which cannot be washed...
