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Dagger Macbeth

Storyboard Text

  • How goes the night boy?
  • The moon is down. I have not heard the clock.
  • Give me my sword.-Who's there?
  • A friend.
  • tWhat, sir, not yet at rest? This diamond he greets your wife withal, By the name of most kind hostess, and shut-up. 
  • Being unprepared, Our will became the servant to defect, Which else should free have wrought.
  • Fleance and Banquo discuss the late night. Banquo says he wishes he could stay awake because his dreams have been filled with curses.
  • At your kind'st leisure.
  • If you would grant the time.
  • If you shall cleave to my consent, when 'tis, It shall make honor for you.
  • Macbeth goes to the room
  • Go bid thy mistress, when my drink is ready, She strike upon the bell. Go thee to bed.
  • Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.
  • When Macbeth comes in, Banquo is shocked to see him. Banquo receives a jewel from Macbeth.
  • I go, and its done. The bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell.
  • Banquo continues by stating that he had a strange dream involving the three witches. Banquo and Macbeth decide to talk about the witches' prophecies later.
  • Banquo goes on to say that he had an odd dream about the three witches. Later, Banquo and Macbeth agree to discuss the witches' prophecies.
  • As the butler departs, Macbeth notices a hovering dagger with the handle pointed in his direction. He tries to grab it but is unsuccessful. He starts to believe that his preoccupied mind is tricking him.