n Macbeth's soliloquy in Act 2, scene 1, (lines 42-77), all of the following language used supports the idea of appearance versus reality EXCEPTElimination ToolSelect one answerAThe imagery of the blood appearing on the dagger.BThe use of rhetorical questions.CThe allusions to history and mythology.DThe appositive phrases used to address the dagger.

What literary element in the lines below BEST emphasizes the main idea of Macbeth's soliloquy?MACBETH:"If ’t be so,For Banquo’s issue have I filed my mind;For them the gracious Duncan have I murdered,Put rancors in the vessel of my peaceOnly for them, and mine eternal jewelGiven to the common enemy of manTo make them kings, the seeds of Banquo kings. (3.1.69-75)Elimination ToolSelect one answerAThe symbols of wealth in "vessel" and "eternal jewel".BThe violence of the verbs like "wrenched" and "filed".CThe repetition of "for Banquo's issue" or similar phrases.DThe consistent inversion of the grammatical subject and object.

Throughout this scene and play, the symbolism of appearances and clothing play significant roles. Which of the following quotes BEST symbolizes Macbeth's attitude toward his success?Elimination ToolSelect one answerA"New honors come upon him,Like our strange garments, cleave not to their moldBut with the aid of use." (1.3.160-162)B"What are these,So withered, and so wild in their attire,That look not like th’ inhabitants o’ th’ EarthAnd yet are on ’t?" (1.3.40-43)C"Why do you dress meIn borrowed robes?" (1.3.114-115)D"I’ th’ name of truth,Are you fantastical, or that indeedWhich outwardly you show?" (1.3.55-57)

Read this passage: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, sensibleTo feeling as to sight? or art thou butA dagger of the mind, a false creation,Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act II, scene iWhat evidence from the text leads you to believe that the dagger Macbeth sees is an illusion?A.Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand?B.Thou marshall'st me the way that I was going; / And such an instrument I was to use.C.I see thee yet, in form as palpable / As this which now I draw.D.Or art thou but / A dagger of the mindSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Which of the following describes Macbeth's tone as he asks the murderers:Are you so gospeledTo pray for this good man and for his issue,Whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the graveAnd beggared yours forever? (3.1.98-101)Elimination ToolSelect one answerAPuzzledBIncredulousCPassionateDDemeaning

Throughout the play, Macbeth sees visions or hears things. These include:A bloody daggerKnockingA voice telling him he’s murdered sleepBanquo’s ghostLady Macbeth also has visions of blood on her hands in Act V, Scene IThese hallucinations are all representations of guiltMacbeth feels conflicted even before he murders Duncan, and so sees the bloody dagger floating in front of him just before he commits regicide by murdering King DuncanThe repeated knocking and voice telling Macbeth he’s murdered sleep represent the lack of peace the character will experience from now onEven Lady Macbeth – who was so resolved to kill Duncan – eventually sees visions of blood on her hands: a metaphor for her responsibility for his murder, and her guilt