Macbeth Soliloquy #3

Translation:

Is this a dagger that I see in front of me

The handle by my hand? Let me hold it

I have not, but I still see it

Are not sent by fate and perceived by the senses

To touch as to see?

A dagger I have created in my mind, a false creation

Proceeding from the fevered brain?

I see it, in a form so real

As this is not what I draw

Guide me the way that I am going

And such a weapon I am to use

My eyes are the only sense to be trusted

Or else my senses are worth the rest, but I still see it

On the blade is a wooden handle covered in blood

Which was not there before. There is not such thing

It is the bloody business which takes shape

To my eyes it is night, so everything seems dead

Nature is dead and bad dreams haunt me

Curtains drawn and witches celebreate

The witches goddess offers murdur

Summoned by his guard the wolf

Whose howls I watch, with his stealthy pace

With Tarquin's beautiful strides, towards his desgin

Moves like a ghost, sure and firm set earth

Don't hear my footsteps which way they walk or fear

The very earth can give away my whereabouts

The stones make noise and alerts Duncan of the terrible task Macbeth is about to do

Which now suits with it, while I threaten he still lives

Talking about the murder is making my courage drop to go through with it

I go, the murder is done, the bell invites me

Hear it not, Duncan for it is dead

That summons me to heaven or to hell

Analysis:

 The soliloquy is important to the play because it shows just how crazy Macbeth really is, it has him murder Duncan, but he doesn't really understand what is going on he has no control over what is happening to him. In this soliloquy he says that he sees a dagger in front of him, but when he goes to grab the dagger it's gone. I think that in this soliloquy Macbeth finally reaches the breaking point and becomes insane and not in control of his actions.