kill or not to kill the great king, Duncan. Throughout the scene he sees a dagger in front of him taunting him to kill. "To feeling as to sight? Or art thou but a dagger of the mind, a false creation, proceeding from the heat oppressed brain?"(II.i.36-38) Macbeth is confused and hallucinating throughout this scene. A bell rings and this is Macbeth's signal to kill. After much turmoil he finally decides that he must carry out the deed to make the witches' prophecies come true.
             Macbeth enters into the king's bedroom and stabs the king, Duncan until he is dead. He begins to hear voices after he commits the shameful deed. He first hears someone say "murder"(II.ii.23) he thinks Donalbain may have said "murder" and kn
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