...mistress, when my drink is ready, She strike upon the bell. Get thee to hed. Exit Servant. Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward...heat-oppressed brain? I see thee yet, in form as palpable 10 As this which now I draw. the bell this is the signal for killing Duncan. heat-oppressed feverish....

...creación" apunta sutilmente al cosmos gnós11. Is this a dagger, which I see before me, /The 1 unidle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee:- / I have...form as palpable / As this which now I draw. / Thou marshaIPst me the way that I was going; /And such an instrument I was to use.— / Mine eyes are made...

...courtyard. Very faintly over the air comes the voodoo "Effect."'* Macbeth starts back.) MACBETH Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward...of the mind, a false creation Proceeding from the heat-oppress 'd brain? (The "Effect" changes. Music higher.) I see thee still; And on thy blade and...

...handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. MACBETH goes to grab the dagger but only grabs air. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou...yet, in form as palpable As this which now I draw. MACBETH takes out his own dagger. It is the bloody business which informs Thus to mine eyes. A be II...

...to bed. Is this a dagger which I see before me? The hilt draws towards my hand; come, let me grasp thee: I have thee not, and yet I see thee still; Art...of the mind, a false creation Proceeding from the brain, opprest with heat. My eyes are made the fools of th'other senses ; Or else worth all the rest...

...this a dagger which I see hefore me, / The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee: — / 1 have thee not, and yet I see thee stilL / Art thou...of the mind, a false creation / Proceeding from the heat -oppressed brain? / ... It is the bloody business which informs / Thus to mine eyes. — Now o'er...

...imagined it. It is how Macbeth can grasp a handful of empty air when he believes he sees a dagger: Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as...creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain? (Shakespeare, 1981:2,1) Macbeth's dagger, though "a false creation," is not "false" to his brain, which...

...senses' of the martlet passage. The dagger is a nothing, to be contrasted with ordinary senseforms : Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as...creation Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain? (ni 36) Again, Mine eyes are made the fools o' the other senses, Or else worth all the rest . . . (ni...

...The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. 35 Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as...heat-oppressed brain? I see thee yet, in form as palpable 40 As this which I now draw. Thou marshall'st me the way that I was going, And such an instrument I...

...now? What news? Broadway Theatre, Act II. i Macbeth (Forrest) enters with a torch. MACBETH: Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward...this which now I draw. Thou marshall'st me the way . . . The Broadway Theatre and Astor Place Opera House, Act II. i (continued) Both Macbeths (Macready...