Macbeth Soliloquy # 4 Act 2 Scene 1: Is this a dagger which I see before me?

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- Context: Pre 00:31
- Comprehension Check 12:21
- ANALYSIS: section 1 10:16

Is this a dagger which I see before me...
- ANALYSIS: section 2 17:34

I see thee yet...
- ANALYSIS: section 3 21:45
There's no such thing...
- ANALYSIS: section 4 25:33
Thou sure and firm-set earth...
- ANALYSIS: section 5 30:45
Whiles I threat, he lives...
- Context: Post 36:02

Characters discussed in this video:
- C1 Macbeth
- C2 Lady Macbeth

Themes discussed in this video:
- T9 Appearance vs Reality
- T6 The Wasteland / The Great Chain of Being
- T5 Mental Illness
- T8 Existential Crisis / Alienation
- T14 Manichaeism: dual nature of the cosmos
- T11 Change: metamorphosis
- T19 Predatory Animals (motif)
- T10 We are the agents of our own destruction / Hubris
- T9 Appearance vs Reality
- T12 Thought vs Action
- T3 Origins of evil

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