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Analysis Of Macbeth's Soliloquy
Before Macbeth gives his famous “Is this a dagger which I see before me” soliloquy, he has decided that he was not going to kill the king. Lady Macbeth wants to become queen, so she has an argument with Macbeth. During the argument Lady Macbeth says, “When you durst do it, then you were a man”, saying that Macbeth is not a man unless he kills king Duncan. Lady Macbeth’s words make Macbeth perplexed and he goes into his soliloquy where he debates whether or not to assassinate the king.
After Macbeth says “There is no such thing.” the mood changes for the worst. Macbeth then talks about wicked dreams, he says “witchcraft celebrates Pale Hecate’s offerings, and wither'd murder” showing how he has become very dark as well as mysterious. Macbeth
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