Macbeth's Imaginations

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. H

After Macbeth kills Duncan he hears some voices saying “Macbeth has murder’d sleep, therefore Macbeth will sleep no more”. This again is his conscious as he and Lady Macbeth feel guilty about what they have done. Macbeth imagines that he has murdered the sleeping king Duncan and therefore stealing his own sleep. Although no ones knows about this deed, Macbeth feels extremely guilty and is not able to concentrate on what is going to happen next. He seems to have been lost in his own imagination. “I’ll go no more: I’m afraid to think what I have done; Look on’t again I dare not. ”

Imagination appears to have played a significant role in Macbeth’s character throughout the play. It is interesting how Macbeth imagines one thing and does something else, for example, before killing King Duncan, Macbeth argues various reasons t

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