toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee: I have thee not, and yet I see thee still" (2.1.33-34). Even though Macbeth has carefully planned the murder, he is still troubled (even before he acts) by being unable to distinguish between what he has done and what has crossed his mind; the dagger is imaginary. Secondly, Macbeth's mental clash before he chooses to murder Duncan demonstrates this theme by showing the struggle between his "black and deep desires" (1.4.51) and his fear to let his eyes see the reality of what he is about to do " which the eye fears, when it is done, to see" (1.4.53). Finally, when Lady Macbeth and her husband are washing their hands after the deed has been done, she replies to her husbands insecurity by telling him that " a little water clears us of this deed: How easy is it, then!" (2.2.63-64). In this period of time Lady Macbeth's mind suppresses the reality of the situation to fanaticize of the "fair"
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