FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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celebratory and excited
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Curious and light-hearted
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calm and serene
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dark and horrific
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which best describes the mood of the dagger scene? They appear upset and horrified that the king has died in their home.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -In the play ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare, light and dark imagery is used throughout the story in order to show the difference and symbolism between good and evil. Light represents innocence, truth and purity while darkness is used to represent cruelty, guilt and corruption.
Detailed explanation-4: -Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.
Detailed explanation-5: -"Dagger of the mind” can read in two ways. First, there’s the literal contrast of tangible reality and Macbeth’s imagination. Second, you have metaphor of Macbeth’s guilt-and doubt-manifesting itself as a vision as he waits upon the signal from his wife.