Macbeth

MACBETH

Explain this soliloquy

  1. Act II, Scene 1, The Dagger Speech: "Is th is a dagger which I see before me?"

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Macbeth really doesn't want to kill Duncan. He hallucinates a dagger guiding him to Duncan's chambers. Much of this soliloquy has to do with Macbeth's doubts about killing the king, the afterlife, and ruining his mental health.

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