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| Character | Macbeth | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Adult (36-50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Insecure, Delusional, Talking to the audience | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Period | Renaissance | |
| Genre | Tragedy, Drama, War | |
| Description | Macbeth has a vision of a dagger | |
| Location | ACT II, Scene 1 | |
Summary
Scottish generals Macbeth and Banquo defeat two opposing armies in battle, an Irish and a Norwegian army. Learning about Macbeth's valor in the battle, the king of Scotland, King Duncan, decides to reward him by giving him the title of the Thane of Cawdor, a title that he takes away from the previous thane who betrayed the Scots by fighting for the Norwegians. On their way back to their base, Macbeth and Banquo run into three witches that prophecise that Macbeth one day will be king and Banquo's descendants will be kings. They also call Macbeth "Thane of Cawdor" which surprises him since he still doesn't know about the king's decision. He is even more surprised when, arriving at the base camp, learns that the king has just given him the title of the Thane of Cawdor, thus wondering if he will really become king one day.
Macbeth goes back to his castle in Inverness and tells his wife what happened. Lady Macbeth encourages him to do anything in his power to become king, even if it means killing King Duncan. Duncan will shortly be visiting their castle.
Lady Macbeth tells her husband about a plan she has thought to kill the king and cast the guilt upon the king's chamberlains. Macbeth agrees to go ahead with her plan but is not too sure about it. He is afraid and has doubts.
In this monologue Macbeth, after meeting Banquo and his son, is alone in a dark room and sees a dagger floating in the air. He tries to grab it but he can't do it. He then sees blood in it. He realizes it is a manifestation of his fear of what he is about to do. The bell rings, that is the signal that it is the time to go to Duncan's chamber and stab him. He leaves.
Macbeth goes back to his castle in Inverness and tells his wife what happened. Lady Macbeth encourages him to do anything in his power to become king, even if it means killing King Duncan. Duncan will shortly be visiting their castle.
Lady Macbeth tells her husband about a plan she has thought to kill the king and cast the guilt upon the king's chamberlains. Macbeth agrees to go ahead with her plan but is not too sure about it. He is afraid and has doubts.
In this monologue Macbeth, after meeting Banquo and his son, is alone in a dark room and sees a dagger floating in the air. He tries to grab it but he can't do it. He then sees blood in it. He realizes it is a manifestation of his fear of what he is about to do. The bell rings, that is the signal that it is the time to go to Duncan's chamber and stab him. He leaves.
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| MACBETH 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. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain? I see thee yet, in form as palpable As this which now I draw. Thou marshall'st me the way that I was going; And such an instrument I was to use. Mine eyes are made the fools o' the other senses, Or else worth all the rest; I see thee still, And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, Which was not so before. There's no such thing: It is the bloody business which informs Thus to mine eyes. Now o'er the one halfworld Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse The curtain'd sleep; witchcraft celebrates Pale Hecate's offerings, and wither'd murder, Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace. With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate of my whereabout, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it. Whiles I threat, he lives: Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives. [A bell rings] I go, and it is done; the bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell. |
