Macbeth’s Imaginations

Imagination has always played an important role in shaping one’s characteristics. We see imagination playing similar role in Macbeth’s life before and after he murders King Duncan. Before murdering Duncan, Macbeth imagines a dagger leading him to the king’s chamber. After murdering King Duncan, Macbeth hears some voices saying “Glamis hath murder’d sleep: and therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more.” It seems that both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth guilty of what they have done and it is their conscious that is driving them crazy. Macbeth also sees some ghostly images of Banquo later in the play when he assassinates him.

Just before Macbeth is about to kill Duncan, he sees a dagger before him. It is his conscious and it seems as if he is too tensed by the idea of killing the King. He imagines all the blood dripping from the dagger. He also sees the dagger directing him to King Duncan’s chamber. While he is imagining the dagger, he also imagines the nature which seem...