Comparing Backward Speech In William Shakespeare's Macbeth And Patrick Stewart

Shakespeare’s dagger speech in the story Macbeth by William Shakespeare and Patrick Stewart’s interpretation of the text both execute drama and make the audience feel how scared they are about what Macbeth is about to do. The two versions let the audience know that they are feeling the gravity of the situation that they are in. William Shakespeare uses a soliloquy to let the audience know his inner thoughts. This can be observed in the beginning of the speech when Macbeth is thinking he is seeing a dagger but then he realizes that he is hallucinating and he can’t touch it. This part of the speech lets the audience know that he is extremely nervous about what he is about to do and he truly does not want to do this deed. The audience feels the