Macbeth Soliloquy Glossary: Is this a dagger which I see before me (2.1.33-61)
heat-oppress'd brain (7)
i.e., fevered.
In the Renaissance, heat was considered a fluid that could literally press on the brain and cause fever and delirium.
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