Question

In this excerpt from act II of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which figure of speech is used in the underlined words? 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? I see thee yet, in form as palpable As this which now I draw... (act II, scene I)

Answer 1

a.Personification............

Answer 2

Personification

This figure of speech assigns human attributes to inanimate objects. The dagger is an object that has no life but Macbeth addresses it as if it has the power to move and to reason. Macbeth tells it to move towards him “Come, let me clutch thee” and calls it “thee.”