Macbeth's Soliloquy

“Keep your friends close and your enemies closer,” is a universal truism throughout our society, that has been said an infinity amount of times. Every single person in your life is there for a certain reason. If they aren’t getting want they want from you then they have no reason for sticking around. They’re always around when they need something from you, but when you need them, “BAM!” they are gone!

Macbeth’s soliloquy in Act 1 Scene 7 is crucial to the plot of the entire work because it shows Macbeth’s uncertainty about the crime he is about to commit to become King of Scotland. The religious allusions and metaphors in this passage contribute to its significance and to the desperation and inner turmoil felt by Macbeth over the impending murder of Duncan. Recurring ideas of miracles and fate are represented throughout the passage. The inclusion of these religious allusions may have been Shakespeare’s way of making a political statement during the Thirty Year’s War.

Taking a look into Macbeth’s dagger soliloquy, the main aspect of Macbeth’s soliloquy is debating whether he should kill King Duncan or not. Macbeth has certain pressures, such as his wife, and his friendship with Duncan. Looking further into the soliloquy, imagery, rhetorical questions, and repetition are the strongest uses of rhetoric in the soliloquy. Imagery opens up the readers' minds to truly understand the passage read before them. In Macbeth’s soliloquy in Act II, the passage starts with “Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?

I,Malcolm, let Macbeth do anything to be king. While I watch him ruin his legacy.Macbeth proves his loyalty to Duncan by serving him. Macbeth states, " the service and the loyalty I owe in doing it pays itself(I.iv.25) To avoid being taken advantage of, Macbeth must demonstrate that he is not weak. He fulfills this by taking the cowardly way out and murdering Duncan King of Scotland. He acts out because he is jealous and feels as if he deserves to be king. At this point once Macbeth displays that he is no longer loyal to his once King of Scotland, who said " for brave Macbeth-well he deserves that name"(I.ii.95). A disloyal Macbeth cannot accept the promotion to thane of Cawdor, so he get greedy and does the unthinkable. Macbeth says, "Let not light see my black and deep desires: the eye wink at the hand yet let that be which the eye fears, when it is done to see"(I.ii.50-53). These words reveal Macbeth's deep desire to be king, after King Duncan announces that his son Malcolm will be the one to take the throne after him.

I consider Macbeth’s dagger soliloquy from Act Two, Scene One to be one of the most revealing speeches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This is because it demonstrates the effect that a character’s actions have on the way they think about moral issues. The speech takes place while Macbeth is on his way to kill King Duncan. At the beginning of the speech, Macbeth is feeling guilty about what he is about to do. This is shown by the fact that he is seeing a dagger that is not there. His use of rhetoric in the statement “Is this a dagger I see before me, / the handle towards my hand?” shows the reader that Macbeth is uncertain about the substantiality of the dagger. Macbeth has clearly been thinking about the effects of the murder so much his conscience has presented him with an image of that which he is dreading. His statement “heat-oppressed brain” also tells the reader he has been so wrought up about the murder, he is hallucinating

Everyone learns to memorize, in some ways it is what the majority of schools teach to their students, especially when dealing with younger ages. Memorization is key to tests all over: SATS, MEAS, NECAPS etc. When learning Macbeth’s soliloquy Is This A Dagger Which I See Before Me I used the same techniques that I use to memorize anything. When I was younger I quickly came to realize math was a strong point, with the exception of memorizing the formulas. I would go into a test read a problem and know the basics behind it, although I would be unable to complete the question without a specific equation. From this I created a process to memorize anything.

Visualize being in MacBeth’s place, you are announced Thane of Cawdor after your heroic leadership on the battlefield, why would you thirst for a higher rank? Although you may be content with your position, there are many reasons why you would want more power. Your rank becomes very close to that of a king, so you decide to go for it, after all, all you have to do to be king is to kill Duncan. As your sight of kingship would become realistic, your rapacity grows, and you start making nefarious decisions that would affect your disposition. As an effect of your changed mindset, your nobles start to become suspicious that you are deranged. Little do they know they are all pawns in your game of life and your scheme to become king is going impeccably

How does the 1.7 Soliloquy deepen the audience’s understanding of Macbeth’s conflicted state of mind?

I thought I heard a voice say “you can sleep no more, Macbeth is murdering sleep”

This brief soliloquy, spoken by Macbeth, comes at a time right after he has received news that Lady Macbeth has committed suicide after finally falling to her guilt of her involvement in Duncan’s murder. Macbeth also learned at the same time that Macduff and other Scottish armies are marching towards upheaval of his reign on the throne. After initial doubts to the witches’ newest prophesies for his future, Macbeth’s character shows to the audience that he realizes what they say is coming true. The stress of the surrounding armies and impending doom is shown when he states that the candle is brief, thus his time remaining as king are short and likely soon to be dark, such as a blown out candle. He also compares his life and what potentially

(Sitting on a chair, feet up, side table beside her, playing with a knife/dagger, unaware of audience)

The purpose of this soliloquy is to provide depth into Macbeth’s character and his character development. In analysis option number four, the focus of the passage is that Macbeth’s conscience is making him second guess his intentions to kill King Duncan. Primarily the text “…still have judgement here, we but teach/ Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return/ To plague the inventor”. From this portion of the passage, judgement symbolizes Macbeth’s conscience, Bloody instructions embodies his thoughts of killing the king. Shakespeare wrote this because he wanted to display that Macbeth still has good ethics. Secondly, “Besides, this Duncan/ Hath born his faculties so meek, hath been/ So clear in his great office”.

Macbeths soliloquy is “to be thus is nothing, but be safely thus”. It contributes to the story because it reveals new information that he is nervous to be king. he is worried that he is not safe because of what he has done to the previous king. He is especially scared of Banquo because of what the witches told him. Yes, it is what I expected the character to be thinking because right after he killed the king he was very paranoid. The soliloquy is about himself.

The play ‘Macbeth’ uses soliloquies with great effect to express the thoughts of individual characters, particularly in the case of the protagonist, Macbeth. In Act V Scene V, strong words from Macbeth convey to the reader two themes of the play.  This soliloquy demonstrates the play's use of irony and the use of the disparity between the great opposition of light and darkness as symbols for both life and death.  This soliloquy is quite significant to the play as a whole since it demonstrates two very important themes as well as leading to a better understanding of Macbeth.

Macbeth brings his point to life by one simple line: “Out, out, brief candle!”. Life is like a candle, lit one moment and out the other without a single thought about it anymore. Jaques’ point is imagined throughout the monologue. Jaques compares the life cycle to a play with seven acts: baby, child, lover, soldier, judge, elder, and eventually death. Using specific descriptions for each “act” utilizes the reader’s comprehension on how every part of life plays into the final, inevitable part: death. The imagery also pushes the secular reasoning of death that nothing happens when you