FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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Internal conflict about whether to murder Duncan
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External conflict about whether to murder Duncan
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Dramatic Irony about whether to kill Duncan
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Allusion about whether to kill Duncan
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Detailed explanation-1: -It seems to symbolize fate, or possibly the words of Lady Macbeth or some other agent, spurring him on toward murder. The dagger floats in the air with its handle toward Macbeth’s hand, and he feels as though he is being led by a force that is larger than himself, as if his fate is out of his control at this point.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -He wonders whether what he sees is real or a “dagger of the mind, a false creation / Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain” (2.1.38–39). Continuing to gaze upon the dagger, he thinks he sees blood on the blade, then abruptly decides that the vision is just a manifestation of his unease over killing Duncan.
Detailed explanation-4: -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).
Detailed explanation-5: -He sees a bloody dagger floating in front of him. He sees Lady Macbeth hovering over him with a bloody dagger.