act 2 - scene 3 & 4

Motif: Sleep and Blood

• "Is thy King stirring, worthy Thane?" King Duncan is presumed to be sleeping, when is reality he isn't stirring because he is dead.
• "Shake off this downy sleep, death's counterfeit!" Sleep imitates death. 
• "The spring, the head, the fountain of your blood is stopped; the very source is stopped." Duncan is drained of all his blood.