| ‘Is this a dagger which I see before me/the handle towards my hand?’ The character hallucinates and see’s a dagger on his way to killing the king | Macbeth |
| ‘How is’t with me, when every noise appals me’ After he killed Duncan, he becomes paranoid | Macbeth |
| ‘Methought I heard a voice cry, ‘sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep’ After killing Duncan, he fears he will never sleep again due to guilt | Macbeth |
| ‘It will have blood they say: blood will have blood.’ After Banquo’s ghost has gone, He feels that his crime is pursuing him | Macbeth |
| ‘Nought had, all’s spent, where our desire is got without content./’Tis safer to be that which we destroy/Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.’ Getting what you want doesn’t bring peace | Lady Macbeth |
| ‘Out damned spot, out I say!’ hallucinating blood on her hands | Lady Macbeth |
Guilt/paranoia, key quotes, Macbeth
July 31, 2019