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Quotation from Macbeth by William Shakespeare

“Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand”

William Shakespeare (spoken by Macbeth)

Macbeth, Act 2, Scene 1 (First Folio (1623), modernised spelling)

Portrait of William Shakespeare

Macbeth's hallucination as he goes to murder Duncan; he calls it a 'dagger of the mind'.

Citation: "Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand" — William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 2, Scene 1 (First Folio (1623), modernised spelling). (id macbeth-q2)

Portrait: Portrait of William Shakespeare (1564-1646), Attributed to John Taylor, Public domain.

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