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Review Macbeth's soliloquy from scene i. What might have caused Macbeth's hallucination of the dagger (which then becomes bloody even though he has not killed Duncan)? What might the blood signify? Act 2​

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Macbeth's vision of a dagger hovering in the air suggests at the outset of the soliloquy that he is at the very edge of sanity, the extreme stress of his violent thoughts and internal conflict causing him to hallucinate.

The blood on Macbeth's hands symbolizes the guilt he feels for murdering Duncan

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