Come_give_me_your_hand May 2026

Wash your hands, put on your nightgown; look not so pale.—I tell you yet again, Banquo's buried; he cannot come out on's grave. Doctor: Even so?

In this scene, Lady Macbeth is mentally unraveling. While sleepwalking, she obsessively tries to wash imaginary blood from her hands and speaks to her absent husband, Macbeth. come_give_me_your_hand

To bed, to bed! there's knocking at the gate: come, come, come, come, give me your hand. What's done cannot be undone.—To bed, to bed, to bed! Analysis and Modern Usage Wash your hands, put on your nightgown; look not so pale

"To bed, to bed! there’s knocking at the gate: come, come, come, come, give me your hand. What’s done cannot be undone.—To bed, to bed, to bed!". While sleepwalking, she obsessively tries to wash imaginary

The repetition of "come" and "to bed" emphasizes her frantic, cyclical thoughts, which are a stark contrast to her earlier command of language.

It is spoken by in Act 5, Scene 1 (the famous "sleepwalking scene") as she relives the guilt of the murders she helped commit. Context of the Text