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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... A.)personification B.) apostrophe C.) allusion D.) hyperbole

**Underlined part -> "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.**

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Answer:

it is wrong, the answer is hyperbole.

Step-by-step explanation:

i tried the other answers

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It has to be personification - giving humanlike characteristics to something that is not human.
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