Macbeth sees a dagger with the handle toward his hand. When he tries to grab the dagger, he finds that it is just a vision. Then he sees it covered in blood all the way to, and including, the handle. It represents the dagger he will use to kill Duncan. He sees it because of his guilty conscience.
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