"And wicked dreams abuse / The curtain'd sleep"
'Curtain'd sleep' in this context is a double entendre that plays upon the literal meaning of bedcurtains and a more figurative meaning of "veiled" that suggests hidden from consciousness. This line is foreboding what will take place later on in the play, when Macbeth loses his ability to sleep due to his guilty conscience.
'Curtain'd sleep' in this context is a double entendre that plays upon the literal meaning of bedcurtains and a more figurative meaning of "veiled" that suggests hidden from consciousness. This line is foreboding what will take place later on in the play, when Macbeth loses his ability to sleep due to his guilty conscience.