FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Life is slow and meaningless
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Life is short
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Life is full of purpose
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Life is good and full of light
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Detailed explanation-1: -The candle represents human life. Macbeth calls it a brief candle, meaning a short candle that only burns briefly. It burns down and the flame goes out. And then it is completely dark. Life is really very short and in the context of that great darkness around it, it is inconsequential.
Detailed explanation-2: -Out, out, brief candle. Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. These words are uttered by Macbeth after he hears of Lady Macbeth’s death, in Act 5, scene 5, lines 16–27.
Detailed explanation-3: -She informs the Doctor about the candle Lady Macbeth is holding. The candle is a symbol used in the play to represent life and goodness. According to the article Symbolism in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the candle represents her desire to dispel evil and darkness.
Detailed explanation-4: -“Fair is foul, and foul is fair.”