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The following lines are spoken by Macbeth in The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act II, Scene ii:

Methought I heard a voice cry ‘Sleep no more! / Macbeth does murder sleep’—the innocent sleep, / Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care, / The death of each day’s life, sore labor’s bath, / Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course, / Chief nourisher in life’s feast . . .

In an essay, discuss the meaning of these lines for Macbeth. Why do you think Shakespeare chose to portray Macbeth as so conscience-stricken by his deed? How would the story be different if Macbeth’s actions caused him no moral suffering?