Director -Macbeth



 

 

 

                 If I were a director, I would stage the soliloquy without a dagger. I would stage it without the dagger because it would would make MacBeth seem even crazier because he's talking about a dagger that isn't even there.  "Is this a  dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?" (2,1,33/34). If Macbeth had no dagger the audience would think that Macbeth is thinking he has a dagger but he doesn't.  If I was a director I would not use the dagger.

 



Is Macbeth Mad in 2.1?

 

 

              In this paragraph, the topic asks if Macbeth is mad or not in 2.1. These quotes will determine if he is mad or not. This quote shows that he is mad because if you were holding a dagger you would  know it because you would feel it in your hand. "Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?" (2,1,33/34) . The other quote that supports him being mad is, "I see thee still, and on the blade and dudgeon gouts of blood" ( 2,1,45/46 ). Macbeth is crazy in these lines because he is seeing blood on the dagger that is not there.  MacBeth seems mad in 2.1 because he is holding a dagger he doesn't feel and he sees blood on it that isn't there.