Question

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 leads you to believe that the dagger Macbeth sees is
an illusion?
A. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.
B. The handle toward my hand?
O C. Come, let me clutch thee.
D. Is this a dagger which I see before me

Answer 1

C. Come, let me clutch thee.

Step-by-step explanation:

The evidence that leads readers to believe that the dagger Macbeth sees is an illusion is option C Come, let me clutch thee.

These events occurred in the Act 2, Scene 1 of Macbeth when Macbeth was soliloquizing. At that part of the play, he was ready to murder Duncan and as a result of this, he kind of loses his nerve and starts to wish that he didn't have to kill Duncan.

Duncan sees an illusion of a dagger before him because he sees the handle of a dagger but it turns out to be a product of his mind because he says that it is a "fatal vision".

Therefore, option C is the correct answer.