LEARN MISSIONdialogue, stagecraft, irony, and performance choices
dialogue, stagecraft, irony, and performance choices
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A dagger no one else sees
Public-domain text, Shakespeare, Macbeth: "Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand?" No other character sees it; Macbeth is preparing to kill Duncan.
The prop exists in Macbeth's perception.
The question exposes uncertainty.
Performance can externalize inner conflict.
What does the imagined dagger accomplish dramatically?