ntinues to stress over his actions. He orders the death of his friend Banquo and his children. He has lost the ability to concentrate and suffers through sleepless days and nights. He is not able to achieve one moment of sleep that might “knit up the ravell’d sleeve of care” (1052). Macbeth then orders the murders of McDuff and his family to further solidify his power and eliminate any resistance to his rule. Far from being of courage, he is worried he has lost his soul because he is so steeped in blood. Lady Macbeth, however, continues to remain the driving force of strength to Macbeth’s guilt and fear until Act III. During the banquet scene in Act III Macbeth imagines he sees the ghost of Banquo whose death he ordered. This crime continues to destabilize Macbeth’s psychological s
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