Macbeth
Macbeth
An apostrophe is a figure of speech in which an object is addressed directly. What item does Macbeth apostrophize, and what conflict do his comments express?
An apostrophe is a figure of speech in which an object is addressed directly. What item does Macbeth apostrophize, and what conflict do his comments express?
That would be the famous daggar scene in Act II, Scene 1, Macbeth grapples with his decision to murder King Duncan and sees a floating daggar before him,
"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 feelings as to sight? Or art thou but-[po