Act 2 Scene 1

Question 1

“There’s husbandry in heaven, their candles are all out.”

Answer 1

Directly relates to when Macbeth told the stars to go away so that he can carry out his dark desires.

Question 2

“Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?”

Answer 2

Despite Macbeth having decided to kill Duncan, he is still riddled with guilt over what he must do. He begins to hallucinate a bloody dagger, an instrument of death.

Question 3

“A dagger of the mind, a false creation”

Answer 3

Metaphor.

Themes of the supernatural, guilt and insanity.