He tells the dagger it is showing him the way he was going (the path to murder).
Macbeth speaks to the dagger, “I see thee yet.” He tells the dagger it looks as touchable as the one he has just put into his hand. Macbeth then asks, “art thou but/ A dagger of the mind, a false creation,/Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?” He asks the dagger if it can only be seen but not touched. Macbeth says he does not have the dagger, but he can see it. Macbeth tries to get the dagger, but he cannot touch anything except air. Macbeth says, “Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand?” He talks to the dagger, asking it to let him hold it. (Macbeth does not really want a drink he wants a signal for when the time is right to kill King Duncan.) Then, when Macbeth is alone, he looks up and sees a ghostly dagger floating in the air. Banquo tells Macbeth to do the same.īanquo and Fleance leave to go to bed, and Macbeth’s servant leaves to tell Lady Macbeth that her husband wants her to ring a bell when his bedtime drink is ready. Macbeth tells Banquo to rest well until they can speak more. Banquo says if he does not have to do anything that will make him feel guilty, then he will listen to Macbeth’s advice.
Macbeth tells Banquo that if he stays loyal to Macbeth, then when the time is right, Macbeth will give honors to Banquo.īanquo says that if he can lose no honor by trying to get more honor, then he will be loyal. Banquo says he will talk with Macbeth when Macbeth has time. Macbeth tells Banquo that if Banquo would like to talk about the witches, Macbeth would like to talk about them, too.
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