... Macbeth is having between distinguishing appearance and reality. This gives the audience the reassurance that Macbeth is not completely incompetent and that he himself, is questioning the validity of the phantom dagger. The second half of the speech has Macbeth break into, "reality," and begin to muster up the strength and courage to perform the murder by talking himself into getting ... ...

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... , which o"erleaps itself And falls on the other-" (Act I, scene vii, 25-28) Later, Macbeth's growing mental unrest that is shown by his increasing paranoia and the appearance of his phantom victim began the path to fulfilling the later predictions. Macduff initially held Macbeth in high regard, and his absence would signal no more than an inability to travel to Macbeth ... ...

• Word Count: 1526
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School