FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Macbeth speaking to Lady Macbeth
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A Macbeth soliloquy
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Macbeth speaking to Seyton
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The witches speaking to Macbeth and Banquo
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Detailed explanation-1: -"Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”–Macbeth from “The Tragedy of Macbeth” (Act V, Scene V).
Detailed explanation-2: -Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. . . In lines 5 to 8 of this soliloquy, Macbeth compares life to a brief candle. He wants to put out this short life. Further, he calls life to be “walking shadow” an actor who enacts the characters on stage.
Detailed explanation-4: -Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death.
Detailed explanation-5: -This soliloquy is a metaphor that compares life to an actor saying his lines on stage. ‘Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player/That struts and frets his hour upon the stage/And then is heard no more: it is a tale/Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, /Signifying nothing.