Before Macbeth is to murder King Duncan, he sees a floating dagger with the handle pointing to his hand. This mysterious dagger, similar to the ones he plans on using to kill Duncan, leads him to the king's chamber. He completes his deed and hurries back to his wife with the bloody daggers in his hand. Lady Macbeth begins to worry about her husband not finishing the job. He appears to her and she reminds him that he was to leave the daggers in the king's chamber as to frame the servants. She rushes him to wash himself free of the evidence. Macbeth, with the guilt weighing on his soul, believes he is now cursed for he has "murdered sleep," and he can "sleep no more." After the King's body is discovered, Macbeth kills the servants has well so that they will forever be blamed for the death of the king. Lady Macbeth had covered the servants' faces in Duncan's blood and hid the daggers under their pillows to make them look guilty. This quick clean up, (killing the servants), made the plan successful.
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