In Shakespeare's Macbeth there are four motifs that I feel really characterize this story, namely sleep, hallucinations, innocence and guilt. If you think about it, these go hand in hand, without sleep you might start to hallucinate, when after doing something bad that causes lack of sleep you can lose your innocence and just gain a lot of guilt. Sleep shows one's innocence, and after Macbeth's dirty deed he lacked sleep earning guilt and hallucinations. What will give Macbeth so much power if he has a guilty conscience and can't even move on with his life in peace? The motif of sleep, hallucinations, innocence and guilt is prevalent in Shakespeare's Macbeth. Through play, the dream world and the conscious world become more and “A heavy call weighs on me like lead, yet I would not sleep. Merciful Powers, curb in me the cursed thoughts to which nature gives way in rest!” (Shakespeare's Macbeth Act 2, scene 1, lines 4-9). Anxious, troubled and worried, Banquo continues to think about the witch's prophecies and, with so many things running through his head, he cannot sleep. Banquo has a lot on his mind, probably because he knows, or feels that something bad will happen soon, and this was just a sign. A while after all these thoughts are going on, Macbeth kills Duncan, because of this terrible act Macbeth has lost sleep and now he has lost his innocence. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth show no remorse (for now), what their actions will lead to in the future. Only the innocent can sleep, and Macbeth is no longer innocent. Sleep is needed to rest, to rest the mind, to relax, not sleeping is equivalent to hallucinations, tiredness, drowsiness, etc. Although Macbeth has done this to himself, he has not yet realized it, but eventually the time will come and he will soon see what he has done. Again, what's the point of having so much power if you're not at peace? Now that Duncan is dead, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth can be king and queen of