Macbeth

A soliloquy is a speech made by an actor when he is alone on stage. The play by Shakespeare, Macbeth, is packed with soliloquies. One of these is the “Dagger Soliloquy” spoken by Macbeth. Macbeth’s soliloquy in Act I, scene i, presents great significance. These 32 lines play an important role in the plot of the play.
This soliloquy contains a lot of foreshadowing. It suggests that very dark things are about to happen in the play. The appearance of the dagger illustrates the weapon Macbeth is going to use. The path the dagger travels tells the ambitious man where his dormant victim lies. The blood on it demonstrates that the Thane will go through with the deed. Macbeth’s hallucination is undoubtedly showing him his dreadful destiny.
This “Dagger Soliloquy” shows the relationship between conscience and imagination. Macbeth’s imagination is taking the best of him. He is incredibly obsessed with the heinous crime he has planned to commit and it is causing him to have delu...