Macbeth

Macbeth

An apostrophe is a figure of speech in which an object is addressed directly.  What item does Macbeth apostrophize, and what conflict do his comments express?

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That would be the famous daggar scene in Act II, Scene 1, Macbeth grapples with his decision to murder King Duncan and sees a floating daggar before him, 

"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 feelings as to sight? Or art thou but-[po