What is he saying?
In this text, Macbeth is in mourning and says that Lady Macbeth died too early. He says that life has no meaning anymore.
Where does it fit into the play?
This is happening while there is a war taking place
Month: November 2016
Macbeth Homework
1. Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.
I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.
In this quote we see the first time that Macbeths mind and mental state is questioned in the play. Here, Macbeth has a hallucination where he thinks that he sees a sword. This represents how guilty Macbeth feels that he is gonna kill Duncan and his mental deteriation.
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