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‘Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand?’ So begins one of the most famous soliloquies in Shakespeare’s Macbeth – indeed, perhaps in all of Shakespeare. Before we offer an analysis of this scene – and summarise the meaning of the soliloquy – here is a reminder of the famous speech.
Read Shakespeare’s ‘Is this a dagger which I see before me’ soliloquy from Macbeth below with modern English translation and analysis, plus a video performance.
‘Is This A Dagger Which I See Before Me’ is one of the most famous soliloquies of Shakespeare. Appearing in Act Scene 1 of his celebrated tragedy ‘Macbeth,’ it reveals his intention in killing Duncan to become the King. The soliloquy represents his self taken over by the act that he is about to do.
MACBETH: Is this a dagger which I see beforeme , 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? I see thee yet, in form as palpable . As this which now I draw. Draws his dagger
Download the entire Macbeth translation as a printable PDF! Macbeth Translation Act 2, Scene 1. Also check out our detailed summary & analysis of this scene. Original. Translation. BANQUO enters with FLEANCE, who carries a torch. How goes the night, boy? BANQUO. What time is it, boy? FLEANCE. The moon is down. I have not heard the clock. FLEANCE.
After Banquo and his son Fleance leave the scene, Macbeth imagines that he sees a bloody dagger pointing toward Duncan's chamber. Frightened by the apparition of a "dagger of the mind," he prays that the earth will "hear not [his] steps" as he completes his bloody plan (38, 57).
Macbeth's mind is racing with thoughts of the evil he is about to perform and he begins to hallucinate, seeing a bloody dagger appear in the air. He soliloquizes on the wickedness in the world before concluding that talking about the murder will only make the deed that much harder to complete.
