Imaginations In Macbeth

Macbeth’s Imagination

An analysis of Macbeth’s Imaginations

Many of us imagine doing things that could be good for us or could also be a very bad thing to do. However, do those imaginations always stop us from doing that good or bad thing? The answer to that is no, they don’t. In the play Macbeth we will learn throughout both act one and two that Macbeth had imaginations that make him think killing the king is a bad idea and then knowing that killing the king was a bad idea.

In the play Macbeth act one and two, Macbeth has several imaginations. When Macbeth starts to first imagine things is when he wants to be king. He never really thought about being king until after the witches in act one scene two told Macbeth his prophecies, (“Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, shalt be king hereafter.”) (lines 48-50) Macbeth was already Thane of Glamis and was soon about to be Thane of Cawdor. He soon began to think and if he was named Thane of Cawdor than why wouldn’t he also be named King? There’s just one downfall to that, he has to kill the already named king, Duncan.
(lines 33-35) (“Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.”) Even though Macbeth knows it’s a very terrible idea when it comes to killing duncan, he does it