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

What is the “vision” Macbeth sees before him? Outline in your own words the thoughts that fill Macbeth’s mind.

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.

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

Analyze the Supernatural in Macbethtranslaterecord_voice_overprinthelp_outlineQuestion 2 of 10Read this passage:MALCOLM. What will you do? Let's not consort with them.To show an unfelt sorrow is an officeWhich the false man does easy. I'll to England.DONALBAIN. To Ireland, I. Our separated fortuneShall keep us both the safer. Where we are,There's daggers in men's smiles. The near in blood,The nearer bloody.MALCOLM. This murderous shaft that's shotHath not yet lighted, and our safest wayIs to avoid the aim. Therefore, to horse,And let us not be dainty of leave-taking,But shift away. There's warrant in that theft

Read these passages:MACBETH. Stars, hide your firesLet not light see my black and deep desires.William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, scene ivLADY MACBETH. Come, thick night,And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell,That my keen knife see not the wound it makes.William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, scene vMacbeth and Lady Macbeth both refer to                           to set a scary tone for the events in the play.A.weaponsB.desireC.fireD.darknessSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS