“is this a dagger which i see before me ?”

• he begins to hallucinate a bloody dagger leading him toward Duncan’s chamber, marking a pivotal moment where thought begins to turn into action.
• question form immediately signals his confusion and inner turmoil, as he struggles to distinguish between reality and illusion.
• The dagger, which appears to guide him, symbolises both his ambition and his guilt, embodying the murder he is about to commit. 
• uses this powerful image to externalise Macbeth’s inner conflict.
• he does not truly want to kill Duncan, yet his overwhelming desire for power draws him forward.
• vision blurs the line between the supernatural and psychological.
• suggesting either a dark force influencing Macbeth or a manifestation of his own disturbed mind.
• soliloquy exposes the depth of his moral collapse and shows how ambition, once entertained, begins to control him.
• eerie tone and unsettling imagery foreshadow the irreversible path Macbeth is about to take.
• he surrenders his conscience to the violent course he now feels is inevitable.
• Act 2, Scene 1