This specific line refers back to the night of King Duncan's murder, specifically the moment when a knock at the door forced the couple to hurry to their chamber to avoid suspicion. Draft of the Full Speech Excerpt

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.—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.

This dramatic moment is often used in acting classes and literature studies to show "character development through breakdown".

"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!".

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

For your reference, here is the immediate draft of that section from Shakespeare's Macbeth :

Come_give_me_your_hand May 2026

This specific line refers back to the night of King Duncan's murder, specifically the moment when a knock at the door forced the couple to hurry to their chamber to avoid suspicion. Draft of the Full Speech Excerpt

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.—I tell you yet again, Banquo's buried; he cannot come out on's grave. Doctor: Even so? come_give_me_your_hand

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.

This dramatic moment is often used in acting classes and literature studies to show "character development through breakdown". This specific line refers back to the night

"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!".

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 What's done cannot be undone

For your reference, here is the immediate draft of that section from Shakespeare's Macbeth :