There were once kings who ruled Scotland, but what comes with great power comes with people that want the same power a true king possesses. During the play, Shakespeare creates a character that wishes to have all the power a true king does. He decides he should use a tool and change the ways of Scotland. In the play by Shakespeare, the dagger gives off an uneasy mood and contributes to the character of Macbeth. The dagger affects Macbeth because he feels torn between emotions and is now going to be surrounded by madness and evil.
To begin, the dagger's emergence contributes to the mood of the play; it gives off an unsettling feeling throughout the play. Macbeth begins to question his sanity, he does not know if he is hallucinating or not. Shakespeare states, “A dagger of the mind, a false creation,” (2.1) this gives off an uneasy mood and the feeling of not knowing what is going to happen next. But, the dagger also represents the dangerous consequences. It shows the ambition of Macbeth wanting to maintain the power of a king. Overall the dagger creates a dark and menacing mood in the story as it highlights Macbeth's guilt, and creates tightness and dangers of the ambition he is about to embark on.
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His mind is filled with guilt, ambition, and uncertainty. Macbeth feels uncertainty before he kills King Duncan because he has the ambition to behold the power and strike Duncan down. But Macbeth is uncertain because he knows of the consequences it can withhold. "I go, and it is done. The bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell." (2.1) The deed is done and he now will have to live with whatever comes with it. After the killing paranoia and stress feed into the madness in his mind. Then Macbeth’s regret comes to mind, he starts regretting everything he has done. He realizes that what he has done is wrong