If I were to direct The dagger scene
from Macbeth I would either make Macbeth perfectly sane or emphasize
the magic of the witches. I would probably do both if I were to film
it, you are probably wondering how I would do that the answer is I
would have a dagger hover in front of his eyes. At first he would
reach to it and be unable to grasp it as it would at this point not
appear as he goes through the soliloquy the dagger would get closer
and after he mentions the blessings of hecate he would almost be able
to grasp it and then when the bell rings he would take it in his hand
and sheath it at his belt. The walk on to Duncan's room to commit the
murder.
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I firmly believe that Macbeth is
perfectly sane during act 2 scene 1. Shakespeare's Macbeth is about a
man twisted by his ambition and the influence by his wife who is
clearly insane and three witches and their predictions. The way this
scene is structured so that it seems Macbeth is looking towards a
knife sitting nearby the things that Macbeth says about the knife of
his mind are to voice his reluctance to kill Duncan. When he tries to
take the knife and fails it is him stopping himself before the act
because he likes and respects Duncan he doesn't want to kill him but
his ambitions and the predictions of the witches force him to, when
he says “witchcraft celebrates pale Hecate's offerings; and
withere'd murder” Act 2, scene 1, line 53-54 shows his belief that
the witches are a main cause in his actions as Hecate was a both a
god of the moon and the god of witchcraft. Macbeth has a guilt
complex and is trying to force his guilt upon others to alleviate the
feelings of guilt and make it seem at least to him that he isn't at
fault for his planned murder of Duncan.
