The Hallucinations In Act 2 Of Macbeth's Soliloquy
In the play Macbeth, Act II Macbeth begins his soliloquy. As the hallucinations begin he starts seeing a dagger that is not there. While seeing the dagger, Macbeth tries to grab the dagger, however he knows that it does not exist. The next hallucination he experiences is Macbeth hears voices of sleepless days ahead from the murder of King Duncan. I feel that both of these hallucinations help develop his character by a couple of ways. They show his internal conflict, he realizes that they are just hallucinations and nothing more, shows to the audience and readers that he is starting to go crazy/ insane with the guilt, helping develop him by standing out and or real life ways. In act II, scene I Macbeth starts his hallucinations by seeing the
dagger and trying to grab it, this is where his internal conflict helps developing him. This hallucination shows that he cares for Duncan and he wishes to be loyal, however the dagger symbols his emotions and ambition makes him decides he will go through the killing of King Duncan. Act II scene I “I have thee not and yet I see thy still. Art thou not, fatal vision sensible to feeling as to sight?” What I see in that hallucination is Macbeth knows the dagger is not real, he gives in and accepts the fact it is real hallucination, slowly making him lose his sanity. Results of the dagger hallucination and now he is starting to go even more insane by hearing the voices. After killing Duncan, Macbeth states “Methought I heard a voice cry “sleep no more!”. By this time Macbeth is feeling extremely awful, for his crime and now in living in fear and paranoia that he will get caught. However, more of his guilt is that he betrayed Duncan. By the end of act II, Macbeth’s paranoia starts to go away. By this time, Macbeth has developed more into a real life person. Developing his character to be more lifelike really helps me relate to him, making the hallucinations important scene in the play. Before the hallucination started there where not any scenes to help him develop to where he is now.
dagger and trying to grab it, this is where his internal conflict helps developing him. This hallucination shows that he cares for Duncan and he wishes to be loyal, however the dagger symbols his emotions and ambition makes him decides he will go through the killing of King Duncan. Act II scene I “I have thee not and yet I see thy still. Art thou not, fatal vision sensible to feeling as to sight?” What I see in that hallucination is Macbeth knows the dagger is not real, he gives in and accepts the fact it is real hallucination, slowly making him lose his sanity. Results of the dagger hallucination and now he is starting to go even more insane by hearing the voices. After killing Duncan, Macbeth states “Methought I heard a voice cry “sleep no more!”. By this time Macbeth is feeling extremely awful, for his crime and now in living in fear and paranoia that he will get caught. However, more of his guilt is that he betrayed Duncan. By the end of act II, Macbeth’s paranoia starts to go away. By this time, Macbeth has developed more into a real life person. Developing his character to be more lifelike really helps me relate to him, making the hallucinations important scene in the play. Before the hallucination started there where not any scenes to help him develop to where he is now.