Topic > Play: Macbeth, by William Shakespeare - 1282

The play Macbeth contains many hallucinations. The hallucinations in the play tried to make the characters realize that the things they were doing were wrong. It is making them aware of their lack of actions. I believe this story is to teach people that they should always do the right things because if they are not aware they will hunt them down. Throughout the play Macbeth there are a couple of characters who hallucinate so many scenes that happen in this play. Here are the things they hallucinate in this play. Macbeth sees a dagger, Macbeth imagines a voice warning him “Macbeth will sleep no more” (2.2.35-36) and imagines that the sleepers can see him listening to their exclamation of fear, Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo, the three apparitions of the witches and Lady Macbeth sees blood on his hands. I will talk about the many hallucinations present in the play. The first hallucination takes place in Act 2, scene 1. "Is that a dagger that I see before me suspended in mid-air before me?" (2.1.33-64). This supports the thesis because Macbeth thought about killing Duncan before doing so. Macbeth wonders whether or not the dagger is real or if he is hallucinating. This imaginary dagger leads him to the room where Duncan is. This makes Macbeth want to pull out his own dagger. Macbeth takes out his dagger and kills Duncan. Macbeth begins to lose his mind. The second hallucination occurs in Act 2, Scene 2. Macbeth begins to imagine that the sleepers can see him as he listens to their exclamations of fear. This supports the thesis because Lady Macbeth was eating her conscious because she was telling him to go ahead and kill Duncan. Macbeth's hands are all bloody like... middle of paper... on her. Then goodnight” (5.1.70-73). The doctor is simply telling the attendant to keep an eye on Lady Macbeth, because he was afraid that she might harm herself (suicide). Even though the Doctor warns Lady Macbeth's attendant, she commits suicide anyway. Lady Macbeth's last words before she died were “To bed, to bed! There's a knock on the gate. Come, come, come, come, give me your hand! / What has been done cannot be undone. To bed, to bed, to bed” (5.1.62-64)! I feel that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth deserved to experience all the hallucinations they experienced in this play. Macbeth deserved it because he killed people to get what he wanted in life. He also did this to maintain his title as king. Lady Macbeth deserved it because she was essentially pressuring and persuading her husband Macbeth to carry out some of the murders he committed..