Macbeth: Controlling idea
Dagger speech soliloquy Glory built on selfish acts is shame and guilt. In William Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth” the main character Macbeth comes in between an indecisive situation. In the song Best Thing I never had by Beyonce she says “What goes around comes back around”. Here she expresses the term “karma”. Karma is like cause and effect, if you wish someone bad, later on what you wished to someone else could happen to you. This quote relates to Macbeth case because, if he decides to kill king Duncan he will feel fulfillment but he will have guilt in the back of his mind. Also, as the story develops Macbeth could go insane thinking about his malicious act. In the soliloquy he talks about seeing this dagger. He said “ A dagger of the mind, a false creation, proceeding from the neat-oppressed brain? I see thee yet in form as palpable as this which now I draw”( act2, scene 1, page 2). In this quote Macbeth is imagining/hallucinating the crime in which he is thinking about committing. Macbeth doesn’t look at it as a crime. He just wants to reach and gain absolute power the wrong way. If he is already thinking about killing, he would do anything outside the law to get what he wants. Through the soliloquy he shows a lot of ambition. He doesn’t know if the crime is real but, he is striving to reach his goal of being the new king. Macbeth doesn’t care about losing his reputation on being brave and honorable. So, as the play develops Macbeth is going to feel guilt and confusion. The guilt he is going to possess is going to make him vulnerable and at some point in the play he is going to speak out the truth. Overall, victory doesn’t feel the same when you do false play to try and get something. At some point you will speak out the truth and confess to your crime.