Act II- Important Quotes
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.
Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible
To feeling as to sight? or art thou but
A dagger of the mind, a false creation,
Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
I see thee yet, in form as palpable
As this which now I draw.
--Macbeth,
Act II, scene i
This is translated as
Is this a dagger I see in front of me, with its handle pointing toward my hand? (to the dagger) Come, me hold you. (he grabs at the air in front of him without touching anything) I don’t have you but I can still see you. Fateful apparition, isn’t it possible to touch you as well as see you? Or are you nothing more than a dagger created by the mind, a hallucination from my fevered brain? I can still see you, and you look as real as this other dagger that I’m pulling out now. (he draws a dagger)
This is an important quote because he is imagining that the guy is in front of him which shows that he feels guilty about his actions.
To show an unfelt sorrow is an office
Which the false man does easy.
A fake man can easily fake sadness.
This is important because it tells you to be cafeful because people can fake their words or actions.
The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee;
I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.
Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible
To feeling as to sight? or art thou but
A dagger of the mind, a false creation,
Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
I see thee yet, in form as palpable
As this which now I draw.
--Macbeth,
Act II, scene i
This is translated as
Is this a dagger I see in front of me, with its handle pointing toward my hand? (to the dagger) Come, me hold you. (he grabs at the air in front of him without touching anything) I don’t have you but I can still see you. Fateful apparition, isn’t it possible to touch you as well as see you? Or are you nothing more than a dagger created by the mind, a hallucination from my fevered brain? I can still see you, and you look as real as this other dagger that I’m pulling out now. (he draws a dagger)
This is an important quote because he is imagining that the guy is in front of him which shows that he feels guilty about his actions.
To show an unfelt sorrow is an office
Which the false man does easy.
A fake man can easily fake sadness.
This is important because it tells you to be cafeful because people can fake their words or actions.