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1
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“There’s husbandry in heaven, their candles are all out.”

A

Directly relates to when Macbeth told the stars to go away so that he can carry out his dark desires.

2
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“Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?”

A

Despite Macbeth having decided to kill Duncan, he is still riddled with guilt over what he must do. He begins to hallucinate a bloody dagger, an instrument of death.

3
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“A dagger of the mind, a false creation”

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Metaphor.

Themes of the supernatural, guilt and insanity.