FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Macbeth has drunk too much wine at dinner and is hallucinating
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Macbeth has a mental illness that causes him to kill the king
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Macbeth has been drugged by Lady Macbeth
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Macbeth is uncomfortable and troubled about the prospect of killing Duncan
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Detailed explanation-1: -Macbeth speaks this famous soliloquy when he is taken over by his guilt and growing insanity for killing Duncan. His imagination brings forth the picture of a dagger in front of him, which symbolizes the impending murder. Macbeth has made his decision to kill the King and take the crown as his own.
Detailed explanation-2: -What does he mean by a ‘dagger of the mind’? He means that the dagger is just in his imagination, created by his guilt. What is suggested by having Macbeth experience a hallucination at this moment, just before the murder? Macbeth is feeling guilty about this and is regretting killing such an innocent man for power.
Detailed explanation-3: -The dagger symbolizes Macbeth’s bloody destiny, and Macbeth’s vision of this dagger is one of the many hallucinations and visions that creates a motif of deception throughout the play.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which best describes the mood of the dagger scene? They appear upset and horrified that the king has died in their home. How do Macbeth and Lady Macbeth react when the king’s body is discovered? he brought the daggers back to his room.
Detailed explanation-5: -After Banquo and his son Fleance leave the scene, Macbeth imagines that he sees a bloody dagger pointing toward Duncan’s chamber. Frightened by the apparition of a “dagger of the mind, ” he prays that the earth will “hear not [his] steps” as he completes his bloody plan (38, 57).