Question

In this excerpt from act II of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which figure of speech is used in the underlined words?

MACBETH:
Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee:—
I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.
Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible
To feeling as to sight? or art thou but
A dagger of the mind, a false creation,
Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
I see thee yet, in form as palpable
As this which now I draw...
(act II, scene I)

personification

apostrophe

allusion

hyperbole

Answer 1

the underlined words are
Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee:—
I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.

Answer 2

well there is no exaggeration in the underlined words so cancel out D

Answer 3

cancel out B as well

Answer 4

Allusion: an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Answer 5

do u think there is allusion in the underlined lines

Answer 6

and if so, what do u think Macbeth is referring to with the knife

Answer 7

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as for personification, do u think he is giving the knife any human senses such as taste, smell, sound, or touch