Who Is To Blame In Shakespeare's Macbeth?

In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the character Macbeth holds a self-discussion in which he speaks about his current situation and his hesitation to execute the slaying of the king. Macbeth questions whether or not his situation is real when seeing a “dagger of mind, a false creation” (2.1.50). He sees a false dagger because he may want an easy way to find a dagger, or he may be constantly be thinking about weapons because of his high stress-level. He continues to ask himself if his situation is real and wonders“I see thee yet, in form as palpable” (2.1.52). Macbeth’s fear is so intense that he does not know if he is touching the dagger or if it is a figment of his imagination. Alternately, he may wish what he is seeing is false because he knows his

Nonetheless, the quote may also be a prediction of the future. If Macbeth were to kill Duncan after he recites this soliloquy and the people don’t know who did it, then people will be scared knowing there is a murderer out there, ending the lives of the powerful. On the other hand, it could be interpreted alternately and instead Macbeth could be referring to the nation. The wicked dreams could be bad deeds such as murder and the curtained sleep could be Scotland and the peace of the area the main characters currently occupy. Identifying the celebration, Macbeth knows “Pale Hecate’s off’rings”(2.1.64-65) are in the form of a deed he will do, which is a great sacrifice to the Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft. Macbeth figures a tactic he could use to murder the king comparatively to “the wolf/Whose howl’s his watch, thus with his stealthy pace” (2.1.66) and to move into Duncan’s room quietly for a quick and nearly inaudible death. Macbeth wants the Earth to do him a favor and to “Hear not my steps, which way they walk” (2.1.70) because he does not want anything or anyone to see him committing his

Therefore, Macbeth is not considered a sinner and would go to heaven, and it also may be a practice of equivocation and along with saying only fragments of the truth out loud, there could be a physical form in which one must hide their actions by asking nature to assist them in doing so. This situation can be compared to earlier in the play when he asks for stars to hide their fires so he can lead bloodshed invisible to those who determine his fate. After all of this thought, Macbeth knows he must act quickly and “Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives.”(2.1.74). The temperature, such as heat and cold, has a larger significance in the play than the text in which it was used in. Weather represents two vastly different things such as fate. While Macbeth is planning to kill the king, his heart is cold but Duncan has served his country well and has not done any horrible things, and therefore his heart is warm. Macbeth understands that the more he speaks about his plan to kill Duncan, it may enhance the planning of the death, but it will decrease the desire and bravery he needs to pull this