You, sir, are the most phantom-like of all; you are a mere dream

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In the original Greek, phantom means a ghost that is imagined or a ghost that appears to someone. In the context of this Shakespeare quote, it means a person who is imagined or only exists in the mind's eye. The idea the person being described is a dream, as they have no substance and no real effect on others. They are simply parts of a person's imagination.

Source: Jane Eyre

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