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, sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain? William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act II, scene i What 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 mind
Explanation: In this passage from Act II, Scene I of "The Tragedy of Macbeth" by William Shakespeare, the evidence from the text that leads the reader to believe that the dagger Macbeth sees is an illusion is <u><em>"Or art thou/A dagger of the mind..."</em></u>. Before Macbeth kills Duncan he sees a dagger in the air. Its handle near his hand and its tip pointing to where Duncan is sleeping. Moreover, this dagger is full of blood. Macbeth gathers whether it is real or a creation of a confused mind.
