FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Duncan’s crown
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Banquo’s ghost
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A dagger
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Malcom’s face
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Detailed explanation-1: -Few visual moments are as strange as the scene at the beginning of act two, in which Macbeth sees a dagger floating in the air, apparently leading him to Duncan’s bedchamber. This hallucination provokes one of Shakespeare’s most famous speeches: “Is this a dagger which I see before me?”
Detailed explanation-2: -Macbeth speaks this infamous soliloquy before he has made his decision to kill the King and take the crown as his own. Macbeth begins to doubt himself and his ability to murder Duncan. Macbeth ‘sees’ the dagger before him, the handle towards his hand. Thus, he begins with the line, “Is this a dagger I see before me?”.
Detailed explanation-3: -Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.
Detailed explanation-4: -When he is about to kill Duncan, Macbeth sees a dagger floating in the air. Covered with blood and pointed toward the king’s chamber, the dagger represents the bloody course on which Macbeth is about to embark.
Detailed explanation-5: -What does Macbeth see at the beginning of his soliloquy? He sees a dagger which directs him toward Duncan.