This question is missing the excerpts. I was able to find them online. However, since they are too long to post here, I have attached them.
Answer:
The excerpt in which Shakespeare uses apostrophe is the first one.
Explanation:
<u>The figure of speech known as apostrophe happens when an author or character addresses an inanimate object, a dead person, or someone who is absent.</u> In the first excerpt (which can be found in the attachment), the speaker is addressing an inanimate object - a dagger (thy blade). At this point, Macbeth seems to be hallucinating, perhaps consumed with the guilt of knowing he is going to commit murder. He thinks he sees a bloody dagger before him, and begins to talk to the object.
"Macbeth" is a tragic play by English playwright William Shakespeare (1564-1616).
