Act I
Scene I
Aim: How does Shakespeare develop the setting, themes and supernatural mood in I, i of Macbeth?
Setting- time and place
- A wild and lonely place in medieval Scotland, (Thundering and lightning.)
Mood-
- Eerily feeling
Theme-
- Disaster lies ahead for Mabceth
What words in
scene i indicate the mood of the play?
The words in scene one that indicate the mood of the play are: killing
swine, Drain him dry as hay,
Which line reveals
the theme?
The line that reveals the theme is line twevele
Aim: What is Macbeth's reputation?
Journal Writing #1
What's your understanding of reputation and character?
My understanding of reputation and character is that reputation is what
one's peers sees his or hers ranking in the group. One may be more
admired and respected than another may. Character is how a person
carries him or herself and how they act.
Someone’s character can have alot to do with his or hers reputation.
There character can have alot to do with his or hers reputation because
if that someone carries himself in a way that everyone respects and looks
up to him or her.
Learning Activities:
Listen to the recording
of scene 2 and seek the expressions that depict Macbeth's reputations.
How is Macbeth described for his action in the battlefield?
Macbeth is described for his actions on the battlefield as a courageous
warrior and brave.
Make a list of
such words and phrases.
Expressions other characters have used to refer to Macbeth's reputation
are:
-Brave
-Brandish steel
In lines 39"
As sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion", what animals is Macbeth compared
to? Why?
In line 39 “As sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion”, Macbeth is being
compared to the rabbit and the sparrow because he was stronger than the
enemy "..the hare the lion"
Scene III
Aim: How doe Macbeth and Banquo react to the witches' prophecies respectively?
Journal Writing #2
How does character influence one's reaction to a promise of power?
Character influence one's reaction to a promise of power because if one has a desire to do something and make something of him or herself they are the one who sets their goals and their personality to become what they want to do.
Learning Activities:
Make a list of
words or expressions that describe the witches' appearance.
- In lines 44-50 Banquo
remarks that they look like women, but he won't call them women, because
they have beards.
What are the three prophecies that the witches’ promise Macbeth? Banquo?
The witches hail Macbeth as "Thane of Glamis," "Thane of Cawdor and "King hereafter." Banquo as the father of future kings. These are the prophecies that the witches’ promise Macbeth and Banquo.
Pick 2-4 lines from line 54-65 that explain Banquos' reaction to the prophecy
Banquo begin to deny what they have seen. Banquo speculates that the witches were illusory, "bubbles" of the earth.
In line 81, why does Banquo compare the witches to "bubbles"?
What news has Ross brought to Banquo immediately after the witches' prophecies? Why is the interlude important to the development of the play?
Ross and Angus deliver the news that's not news to us: The traitorous Thane of Cawdor is to be executed, and Macbeth is to be given his title. What is interesting is how Macbeth turns this unsurprising news into a sign that he is destined to be king.
In Macbeth's
first aside in lines 140-155, identify expressions or lines that indicate
his true reaction to the Witches’ prophecies. Use the following double-entry
journal format to respond.
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| i.e. The supernatural so soliciting can not be ill..(line 144). | M seems to believe there is no evil intention in the witches prophecies |
| i.e. “If chance will have me King, why, chance may crown me, Without my stir. | M remarks to himself that if the witches' prophecies are right, he won't have to do a thing to become king. If he is to be King. |
| i.e. "Come what come may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day" ( lines 171-172) | M which is a saying "nothing lasts forever. |
Scene IV
Aim: To continue the discussion of how the witches' prophecies affect Macbeth and Banquo.
Learning Activities:
What is ironic
about Ducan’s comment on former Thane of Cawdor,
“ There’s no art to
find the mind’s construction in the face!
He was a gentleman
on whom I built
An absolute trust”
Duncan’s comment on former Thane of Cawdor is ironic because he is saying that there was no hint of what his mind was thinking and plotting when he attacked Duncan. What is so ironic is that he has no idea what is going on in Macbeth’s head and that Macbeth is planning to murder him to become King.
What did Duncan give to Macbeth as reward for his bravery? To Banquo?
Duncan rewards Macbeth by making Thane of Cawdor and telling him that he will be visiting at Inverness at Macbeth’s castle. Duncan thanks Banquo by hugging him and tells him that he will hold him in his heart.
What announcement did Duncan make in this scene? Why are they crucial to the development of the play?
Duncan now announces that his oldest son, Malcolm, is heir to throne, and has therefore been given the title of Prince of Cumberland. And then tells Macbeth that he is coming to visit him at Inverness, Macbeth’s castle. This is crucial to the development of the play because now Macbeth can go threw with his plan to kill Duncan and his son so he can become King.
Use double entry
journal to respond to Macbeth’s aside (lines 55-60).
| Quotations | Your Commentary |
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The prince of Cumberland! That is
A step On which I must fall down, or Else o’erleap For in my way it lies. Stars, hide Your fines; Let not light see my black and Deep desires: The eye wink at the hand; yet let That be Which the eye fears, when it is Done, to see |
M is saying that Malcolm, too, is now between him and the throne. Which is something that he has to deal with if he wants to become King. So now for M to become King he must murder both Duncan and Malcolm. He wants the stars to go out, so that no one can see what it is he wants, not even himself. His own eye should "wink," that is, blind itself to what his own hand wants to do. "Let that be" he says, because he wants the thing done, even if afterwards, "when it is done," his own eye would be afraid to look at what his hand had done. |
Aim: What kind of man is Macbeth based on Lady Macbeth’s comments on her husband? What character is Lady Macbeth?
Journal Writing:
In your view, what is the wife’s role in helping her husband fulfil his ambition?
In my view a
wife’s role in helping her fulfil his ambition is to stand beside him and
make sure he makes the right decisions. A wife is also to back up
her husband no matter what. A wife should be his right hand.
Learning Activities:
What kind of relationship is there between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as indicated in the letter he wrote to Lady Macbeth?
The kind of relationship that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as indicated in the letter he wrote to Lady Macbeth is an open relationship. Macbeth sees his wife as his partner. In love, greatness, and success. Macbeth loves her very much and promises her the world. Macbeth feels that he can tell her anything and she would understand him and what he is feeling.
In Lady Macbeth’s
monologue expressing her opinions on Macbeth, and try to select expressions
that depict Macbeth, then break them down and put in your double entry
journal to respond
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| 1. It is too full
O’th’ milk of Human Kindness/To Catch the Nearest way |
M is too soft a person
pure
And in firm which will not Help him make shortcut In fulfilling his dreams. |
| 2. thou wouldst
be great; Art not Without Ambition, but Without The illness Should attend It: |
Lady Macbeth seems to share the witches' views on good and bad. She believes that ambition comes with something bad. To get what you want you have to do bad before you get it. |
| 3. What thou
Wouldst highly, That wouldst Thou holily; Wouldst not Play false, And yet Wouldst Wrongly him |
In her view, he's something of a coward, because he has that within him that tells him what he must do if he is to have the throne, but he's afraid to do it. |
| 4. Thus than
Must do, if thou Have it; And that which rather Thou dost fear To do Than wishest Should be Undone |
Here Lady Macbeth is saying that you have to do what you must to get what you want. |
What does Lady Macbeth
decide to do based on the lines
“ I may puor my spirits in thine ear;
And chastise with the valour of
My
tongue
All that impedes thee form the
Golden round
Which fate and metaphysical and
Doth seem
To have thee crowned withal.”
Lady Macbeth decides
to take things into her own hands and make Macbeth King.
What is the symbolic meaning of “raven” (line 45)?
The symbolic meaning of “raven” is a bird symbolizing evil and misfortune, was suppose to indicate an approaching death.
Use double entry
journal to respond:
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| 1. Come, you
Spirits That tend on Mortal Thoughts, |
Lady Macbeth is praying to the evil Gods and she wants them to help her. |
| 2. unsex me
here Lady Macbeth is asking the Gods to rid her of feminine weakness. To make her inhuman for what she is asking for the power to do. |
To make her inhuman for what she is asking for the power to do. |
| 3. fill me from
the crown to the toe-top full Of direst cruelty |
She wants them to fill her with nothing but cruelty and not guilt for what she is about to do. |
| 4. Make thick my blood | Give her courage to kill Duncan. |
| 5. Stop up the
Access and the Passage to Remorse, |
Take away all her guilt and the thoughts that will make her think a second time before she murders Duncan. |
| 6. That no
Compunctious Visitings of Nature Shake my fell Purpose, nor Keep peace, Between The effect And it! |
She is asking the Gods to block out all guilt. She doesn’t want her conscience to get in the way of her murderous plan. |
| 7. Come to my
Women’s Breasts, And take my milk for gall, Your murdering ministers, |
Here she is saying that she wants the Gods to take her milk and make it poisonous |
Lady Macbeth greets her husband echoing the witches’ prophecies.
When Mabeth told Lady Macbeth that Duncan came to visit that same night, how did the Lady Macbeth react to the news?
When Macbeth told Lady Macbeth that Duncan came to visit that night her reaction to the news was that Duncan would not see the sun again. Meaning that he will die that night while he was asleep.
What did she advise Macbeth to do?
Lady Macbeth advised
Macbeth to act as though the innocent person and not lead on to any suspicion
because his face can be read and all will know that he was guilty.
Aim: Why is this scene a good example of irony-dramatic and verbal?
Learning Activities:
What does Banquo reveal about his character in his observations about the nesting habits of birds?
The nests that are
hanging ("pendant") high on the castle walls are the beds of the birds,
the place ("procreant cradle") where they make love and produce chicks
and keep their chicks safe. Thus, on the outside of the castle, everything
looks homey and cozy, but inside the castle, Duncan will be murdered.
Do you consider it strange that Lady Macbeth greets the King alone? Although it is not mentioned in the scene, but what do you think is the reason that Lady Macbeth gives Duncan to excuse his absence?
No, I do not consider it strange that Lady Macbeth greets the King alone. The excuse Lady Macbeth would of given Duncan to excuse Macbeth’s absence is that Macbeth is very exhausted and needed to rest so she sent him to his chambers to soak in a hot bath to refresh himself for his company.
Scene VII
Aim: What is the conflict that Macbeth experiences before the murder of Duncan? How does Lady Macbeth persuade Macbeth to do what she wishes?
Journal Writing:
When a wife argues with her husband, what kind of argument she may use to win if she is determined enough?
When a wife argues with her husband the kind of argument she may use to win if she if determined enough is she would question her husbands manhood and his love for her.
Act II
Vocabulary
1. Repose- a state
of resting after exertion or strain.
2. Franchise- the
right to be and exercise the powers of a corporation.
3. Husbandry- the
care of a household.
4. Largess- liberal
giving to or as if to an inferior.
5. Cleave- to adhere
firmly and closely of loyally and unwaveringly.
6. Augment- to make
greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense.
7. Allegiance- the
obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord.
8. Counsel- advice
given especially as a result of consultation.
9. Ravishing- unusually
attractive, pleasing, or striking.
10. Alarum- a signal
(as a loud noise or flashing light) that warns or alerts.
11. Suit- recourse
or appeal to a feudal superior for justice or redress.
12. Posset- a hot
drink of sweetened and spiced milk curdled with ale or wine.
13. Confound- to bring
to ruin, to put to shame.
14. Raveled Sleave-
<sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care -- Shakespeare>.
15. Unbend-
to free from flexure : make or allow to become straight <unbend a bow>
16. Gild- to
overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold.
17. Constancy-
steadfastness of mind under duress.
18. Equivocator-
to avoid committing oneself in what one says.
19. Carousing-
to take part in a carouse : engage in dissolute behavior.
20. Lechery-
inordinate indulgence in sexual activity.
21. Parley-
a conference for discussion of points in dispute; a conference with an
enemy.
22.Countenance- calm
expression.
Scene 1&2
Journal
If you were asked to join in a deed by your friend, and all you had to do was be quiet and move along, in return, you were promised a great profit, how would you respond to such an offer?
If I was asked
to join in a deed by my friend, and all I had to do was be quiet and move
along, and was promised a great profit, I would probably be suspicious
and not want to be involved and not do my friend this favor. The
only way I would help this friend is if this friend of mine is a very good
and loyal friend and he or she is in trouble. Even than I would be
suspicious and cautious with wither or not I would help him or her.
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| M: “ If you cleave
To my consent, When ‘tis/ It Shall make honor For you.” |
Macbeth asked Banquo for his support, promising honors in return |
| B: “ So I lose
None/ In seeking To argument it, But still keep/ My bosom Franchised and Allegiance Clear, / I shall be Counseld.” |
Banquo is willing to help his honor provided he can keep a clear conscience and remain loyal to the king. |
| Macbeth's Reactions | Lady M's Reactions |
| M is ashamed that he had to kill Duncan. | Lady M is afraid of the sound of M voice after he murdered Duncan. |
| M regrets having to kill Duncan to be crowned King and knows there could of been another way without having to murder Duncan | Lady M is disgusted with her husband M because he was careless and brought the murder weapon to their chambers. |
| M was losing his mind and everything was an illusion to him. | Lady M is in shock after everyone sees that Duncan is dead. |
Scene 4
Do Now: Write a journal about your understanding of or belief about ghosts.
My understanding about ghost is that I believe ghost have unfinished business. They come back to solve their problem or to tell some one something ghost are a sign that they need help and that's why they hang around because they need help and want someone to help them. Believing in ghost is a link to the other side.
VOCABULARY
1. Venom: the poisonous
liquid in the bile or sting of a snake
2. Blaspheming: to
swear or curse using the name of god
3. Commend: to praise
or recommend
4. Conjure: to make
something appear suddenly or unexpectedly, as if by, magic
5. Confound: destroy
6. Topple: to move
from side to side and fall
7. Apparition: a ghost
or an image of a person who is dead
8. Harp: a large upright
musical instrument with strings stretched on a frame. Played with fingers
9. Sovereignty: fully
independent and with complete freedom to govern itself
10. Chafe: to become
irritated or impatient
11. Vanquish: to defeat
an opponent, to overcome
12. Sear: to burn
a surface
13. Pernicious: having
a very harmful effect on something in a gradual way
Act 4, Scene 1: Imagine
you were the director, how would you use the modern day equipment available
to create effectively the mood of the scene?
In this scene Macbeth
confronts the three witches as they prepare their spells, Macbeth is presented
with a series of apparitions each telling of his future.
If i was the director
to open this scene I would make the stage very dark with misty smoke covering
the stage and the three witches with there cauldron looking into the cauldron
with one of the witches while the other two chant in an unknown language.
Meanwhile while all this is going on to set the mood there will be the
sound of thunder and the winds blowing.
Before the first apparition appears, thunder and lightning occurs. Suddenly a light shines on the helmeted man. He tells Macbeth to beware of Macduff, smoke surrounding him, and vanishes into thin air. The second apparition The second apparition appears, the red lights flicker rapidly. Spotlight shines on the floor where bloody footsteps can be seen. Wails are heard and a bloody child comes out onto the stage. He warns Macbeth as the apparition before had done and flies into darkness. The third apparition is a child crowned with a tree in his hand. He slowly descends from the top of the stage and speaks in a very low, calm voice.
Scene 2
1. When did Macduff
first show lack of support for Macbeth? What has he done since to provoke
Macbeth further?
Macduff first
showed lack of support for Macbeth when he failed to show up at the coronation
ceremony for Macbeth in accepting the throne. He also showed lack of support
towards Macbeth when
He never showed up
at the banquet that Macbeth held for the lords.
2. How has Macbeth
resolved to take actions against him?
Macbeth resolved
to take actions against Macduff by sending to men to Macduff’s home and
kill his family. Macbeth did this to provoke him to fight him.
3. Why is Ross present
at Macduff's castle? How does his appearance here show a weakening of Macbeth's
position?
Ross is present
at Macduff’s castle to inform Lady Macduff of Macbeth’s plans to murder
her and her family and advises her to flee with her son. Ross also
tells Lady Macduff not to worry about Macduff because he is ok and that
he is not in danger.
4.List words or phrases
that represent her feelings for her husband, Macduff.
Words and phrases
that represent Lady Macduff’s feelings for her husband are:
Our fears do
make us traitors.
Father'd he is, and
yet he's fatherless.
5. Use your own words
to rephrase how her son feels towards his father, Macduff.
Mcduff’s son loves him very much but can never really show his father just
exactly how much he loved him because he always felt that his father expected
and want to much from him and as much as he tried to me his fathers expectations
of him he never felt he could.
6. Explain who the
stranger might be who came to warn Lady Macduff to flee. Who could have
sent him?
The stranger
might that might have came to warn Lady Macduff to flee was sent by Lady
Macbeth because she knew what Macbeth was doing was wrong and she didn’t
want another death hanging over her head.
Act V
Vocabulary
1. Slumbery- heavy
with sleep; marked by or suggestive of a state of sleep or lethargy.
2. Murky- characterized
by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging
fog or smoke.
3. Mortify- to subject
to severe and vexing embarrassment.
4. Upbraid- to criticize
severely: find fault with; to reproach severely: scold vehemently.
5. Breach- infraction
or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard.
6. Purge- to clear
of guilt, to free from moral or ceremonial defilement.
7. Epicure- one devoted
to sensual pleasure.
8. Whey- a person
having a pale face.
9. Perilous- full
of or involving peril: HAZARDOUS.
10. Pristine- belonging
to the earliest period or state.
11. Purgative- purging
or tending to purge.
12. Rhubarb- a heated
dispute or controversy.
13. Constrain- to
force by imposed stricture, restriction, or limitation.
14. Speculative- marked
by questioning curiosity.
15. Arbitrate- to
submit or refer for decision to an arbiter.
16. Siege- a military
blockade of a city or fortified place to compel it to surrender.
17. Dismal- showing
or causing gloom or depression.
18. Cling- to hold
together, to adhere as if glued firmly, to hold or hold on tightly or tenaciously.
19. Tarry- to delay
or be tardy in acting or doing, to linger in expectation.
20. Equivocation-
to avoid committing oneself in what one says.
21. Avouch- to declare
as a matter of fact or as a thing that can be proved.
22. Harbinger- one
that pioneers in or initiates a major change.
23. Stake- a pointed
piece of wood or other material driven or to be driven into the ground
as a marker or support.
24. Abhorred- to regard
with extreme repugnance.
25. Brandish- to exhibit
in an ostentatious or aggressive manner.
26. Intrechant- one
that intrigues.
27.Sheath- any of
various covering or supporting structures that are applied likes or resembles
in appearance or functions the sheath of a blade.
28.Fiend- a person
of great wickedness or miscellaneous.
29.Prowess- distinguished
bravery.
Do Now: Write a journal about your understanding of or belief about ghosts.
My understanding about ghost is that I believe ghost have unfinished business. They come back to solve their problem or to tell some one something ghost are a sign that they need help and that's why they hang around because they need help and want someone to help them. Believing in ghost is a link to the other side.
Act V, Scene 1
The gentlewoman who cares for lady Macbeth has summoned a doctor, but in
two nights the reported symptoms of waking up writing something have not
occurred. The doctor says it is a disturbance of nature for her to
do such things while appearing to sleep. The gentlewoman will not
repeat anything Lady Macbeth has said for she is unsure, but then Lady
Macbeth appears, carrying a light. Lady Macbeth acts as if washing
her hands, seeing a spot of blood. She questions why her husband
should be scared, but complains still of the blood that was shed.
She is wracked with guilty that troubles her as the two observe.
The doctor says she needs the hepl of god, not a doctor for her troubles.
Act V, Scene 2
The English forces with the Scottish thanes are near, Menteith reports.
The revenge they seek is a strong enough cause to raise the dead and wounded.;
Angus says they will meet at Burnham wood, and Caithness asks if Donalbain
is coming. Lennox explains he has a list of everyone, including boys
ready to show their manhood in their first battle, and Donalbain is not
on the list. Caithness explains that Macbeth is strenghting his castle,
and is acting crazy, unable to rule. Angus explains these are the
consequences of the murder; people don't willingly follow him and his title
means little. Menteith explains Macbeth is afraid of himself, and
Caithness compares Malcolm to doctor, and by working with him they will
cure their country by shedding their blood.
Act V, Scene 3
Macbeth is wondering how the prophecy will come true, and tries to remain
confident. Macbeth upraises his servant for seeming afraid, but is
told of the English forces. Macbeth tells Seyton this revolt will
either remove or leave him happy, as right now he has none of things due
a man of old age. Macbeth asks for his armor, planning to defend
himself to the end. Macbeth asks the doctor to cure his wife.
The doctor wishes he weren't there.
Act V, Scene 4
Malcolm hopes to regain the safety they once had. Menteith is sure
it will happen. Malcolm tells each soldier to cut down a large branch
and put it in front of him, thereby camouflaging himself. The scouts
will think are less of them. MAcbeth waits in his castle, his only
hope of defense. Though they have hopes of what they want to accomplish,
now is the time for actual blows and batle to win.
Act V, Scene 5
Macbeth says let them come to the castle; he can hold them off. If
they didn't have his soldiers, then he could have met them on the field
and beat them back. Macbeth has forgotten what it is like to be afraid;
having as much fear as a man can bear. Macbeth wishes his wife had
died later, at a better time. He comments on how life passes at this
little speed, with people dying after a futile life. Macbetj says
the messenger comes to speak, he should give his report quickly.
The messenger, unsure of how to report what he saw , says Birnham wood
appeared to move, thus the prophecy is fulfilled. Macbeth starts
wishing this were just all over and prepares for death fighting.
Act V, Scene 6
Malcolm and Macduff split off from Siward, and they throw down their boughs,
preparing to fight. Macbeth knows he is stuck fighting, and he wonders
who was not born of woman. Macbeth tells Young Siward who he is,
and Macbeth says he should be not just hateful but fearfull to Young Siward's
ears. Macbeth says he doesn't fear any not of woman born and kills
Young Siward. Macduff says he must kill Macbeth to avenge his family,
and only Macbeth. By the noise of Macbeth's armor, he locates him.
Siward explains the battle is easy. Malcolm enters the castle.
Act V, Scene 7
Macbeth asks why he should kill himself when the wounds he might inflict
upon himself would look better upon his living enemies. Macbeth says
he has avoided Macduff and does not want to kill him after killing his
family. Macduff says he will speak with his sword instead of words.
Macbeth says the Macduff will not hurt him. Macduff then reveals
that he was ripped from his mother's womb while she died. Macbeth
is angry to discover that the prophecy will come true and only provided
him false hope. Macduff tells him to give up and explans he will
be put on a pole and displayed as a tyrant. Macbeth says he will
try despite the prophecy rather than yiels to Malcolm.
Act V, Scene 8
malcolm wishes no one had to die, but Siward says it is necessary and the
cost wasn't that high for such a good day. Ross tells Siward that
Young Siward, who just became a man in fighting, died. He tells him
not to have sorrow, though. Siward says he died well them.
Macduff hails Malcolm as king holding Macbeth's head.
Sleep Walking
In Shakespeare's Macbeth, her gentlewoman sleepwalking finds Lady Macbeth. In Medieval times people did not know what sleeping was they thought it had something to do
Sleep walking is a sleeping disorder characterized by walking or other activity while seemingly still asleep.
The sleep walking activity may include simply sitting up and appearing
awake while actually asleep, getting up and walking around, or complex
activities such as moving furniture, going to the bathroom, dressing and
undressing, and similar activities. Some people even drive a car while
Actually asleep. The
episode can be very brief (a few seconds or minutes) or can last for 30
minutes or longer.
One common misconception is that a sleepwalker should not be awakened. It is not dangerous to awaken a sleepwalker, although it is common for the person to be confused or disoriented for a short time on awakening. Another misconception is that a person cannot be injured when sleep walking. Actually, injuries caused by such things as tripping and loss of balance are common for sleepwalkers.
Sleep walking occurs at any age, but it occurs most often in children aged 6 to 12 years old. It may occur in younger children, in adults, or in the elderly, and it appears to run in families.
In children, the cause is usually unknown but may also be related to fatigue, prior sleep loss, or anxiety. In adults, sleep walking is usually associated with a disorder of the mind but may also be seen with reactions to drugs and/or medications and alcohol, and medical conditions such as partial complex seizures. In the elderly, sleep walking may be a symptom of an organic brain syndrome or REM behavior disorders.
Symptoms of sleep walking are: eyes open during sleep, may have blank facial expression, may sit up and appear awake during sleep, walking during sleep, other detailed activity during sleep, any sort, no recall of the event upon awaking, confusion, disorientation on awakening, leep talking is incomprehensible and non-purposeful.
Usually no specific treatment for sleep walking is needed. Safety measures may be necessary to prevent injury. This may include modifying the environment by moving objects such as electrical cords or furniture to reduce tripping and falling. Stairways may need to be blocked off with a gate. In some cases, short-acting tranquilizers have been helpful in reducing the incidence of sleep walking.
Sleep walking may or may not reduce with age. It usually does not indicate a serious disorder, although it can be a symptom of other disorders.
What we know now about sleep walking people in medieval times did not know
although it can be a symptom of other disorders.
