My Dagger Scene

In act 2 scene 1 lines 32-65 of the book Macbeth, I would direct that scene in my own way. Just a little different than Shakespeare did. I would have the dagger in the scene but the only person able to see it would be Macbeth. The reason for this is because I would want the audience to know that Macbeth was insane.  I would want the audience to think that the reason for killing Duncan was because of that dagger that he thought was there before him. The people around Macbeth when the dagger scene is filmed, they would think that he was mad because he’s freaking out over this dagger dripping with blood that only he can see. I would want the audience to feel and have the same reaction as I did when I watched the movie. I was confused to as why the dagger was there in the first place but that is what made me more interested in watching more. That scene is a really important part in the play and I think that it should catch people's eye and that the audience would know for a fact that Macbeth was insane. Which is the reason why I would direct the play as only Macbeth being able to see the blood dripping dagger.

Is Macbeth Mad?

 

 

 In act two scene one, Macbeth was having a moment of insanity. He has a soliloquy revealing his intentions to kill King Duncan. "The bell invites me./ Hear it not, Duncan for Icnell/ that summons thee to heaven or to hell." This is the quote that shows that he has intentions to commit the murder of King Duncan. If someone is standing there contemplating murder they are insane. They not always be, but in that moment of time they are insane. Another human being willing to commit the murder of another person is crazy. " Is this a dagger before me./ The handle towards my hand? Come let me clutch thee:/ I have thee not, and yet I still see the." (2.1. 33-35) This quote shows Macbeth's hallucinations. These might be the evidence of his pure insanity. Could his "hard times" have a result such as this? Pressure could have ben what made him temporarily mad. Lady Macbeth told him that he is not a man. That would make any man go insane. Macbeth was insane for only a temporary time, but his insanity went to the point of hallucinations and murder.