My choice for the dagger scene

If I ever had the opportunity to direct the famous play "Macbeth" the dagger scene which in my opinion is one of the most important scenes, i would remove the dagger entirely and have Macbeth seem mad. My reason for removing the infamous dagger entirely is that the sense of Macbeth being insane gives the story a great atmosphere and could improve the play a great deal. Also without the dagger the viewers in there own mind can decide for themselves if Macbeth is mad or not therefore having them be pulled more into the play. This imaginary dagger symbolizes how the murder of the king is deeply troubling Macbeth and he can not decide if he will be able to to the deed or not which in itself drives him insane. In all sense the dagger in any shape or form makes the scene more dramatic and will make the play unique and will have the viewers begging for more.

Macbeth: The Dagger Scene

For many years people who have experienced Shakespeare Macbeth in some shape or form have always been bewildered if Macbeth in the dagger scene has gone mad and that is indeed a good question. He behaves as if he has lost his mind in the dagger scene, he hallucinates and starts seeing daggers appearing in front of him which are just tricks played by his own mind. His drive into madness may have been from lady Macbeth encouraging Macbeth to kill the king when he believes he cannot do it which drives him into insanity. The job he has to do also pushes him to madness, he is a loyal follower to Duncan and does not feel he can murder him despite his wife's encouraging tone and despite what the witches say wants to be king sooner than later. The scene where he begins  to go insane is the famous "Dagger Scene" where Macbeth, pondering about the murder begins to imagine daggers floating in front of him" Is this a dagger I see before me, the handle towards my hand"  (2.1 22-24) shows that he may be insane and even he himself ponders that.