![]() ![]() Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Ĭontinuing the idea of life as an actor upon a stage for an hour only, Macbeth develops this, thinking about plays, illusion, stories, and fictions: life is like a story, but a bad story, told by someone too stupid and blustering to say anything of significance. ![]() He then likens life to an actor who comes out onto the stage, struts his stuff, says his lines for an ‘hour’, and then disappears again. Life is like a candle which burns for a short while only, so Macbeth argues that it should just be put out, since it will soon be ‘out’ anyway. That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, More alliteration, with dusty death inviting the actor playing Macbeth to highlight and emphasise the harsh d sounds. ![]() In other words, until the very end of the world, the apocalypse, where all time ceases to be.Īnd all our yesterdays have lighted foolsĪnd every day that has already occurred in the past has only brought fools one day closer to their deaths. ![]()
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