Macbeth
Act 2, Scene 1
Macbeth’s “dagger speech” is one of the most famous soliloquies in this play. What conflict is being revealed?
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The "dagger of the mind" that Macbeth sees is not "ghostly" or supernatural so much as a manifestation of the inner struggle that Macbeth feels as he contemplates the regicide. It "marshal[s] [him] the way [he] was going," leading him toward the bloody deed he has resolved to commit, haunting and perhaps also taunting him (II i 42).
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