“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!”

Question

In her sleepwalking, Lady Macbeth alludes to past events. List the events to which she refers in each of the following selections.  

Answer 1

The above answer is very astute, but I want to add this about the works of William Shakespeare in general.

Across the plays, almost every three to four scenes, Shakespeare re-boots the story line to as to help his audience. The Shakespearean theater was more like a nightclub tor a major league sporting event where the game is only one of the many activities demanding our attention. It was not as our modern theatrical events where everyone sits, hands folded on their laps and listens intently. Instead, it was a rollicking place where people came late, visited with their friends, and even made dates with "ladies of the night" on the top tier.

So why the "play is the thing," it wasn't when you went to The Rose or The Globe

What makes this scene important, too, is how Shakespeare makes "Exposition as ammunition." This is an idea the screenwriting coach Robert McKee. HE argues, certainly reflecting on his wide range reading, that exposition cannot just lay on the page, it has to advance the plot.

The Shakespearean writer (I'm an Earl of Oxford man) does so beautifully.

Answer 2

Well...

1. When was there knocking earlier in the play?
2. When did someone say "what's done cannot be undone?"
3. When did someone say "give me your hand?"
4. And when was it really important that they get to bed?