FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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that the Thanes are preparing for battle
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they have seen the enemy approach
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that the queen is dead
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that a messenger approaches
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Detailed explanation-1: -A woman’s cry is heard, and Seyton appears to tell Macbeth that the queen is dead. Shocked, Macbeth speaks numbly about the passage of time and declares famously that life is “a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing” (5.5. 25–27).
Detailed explanation-2: -Lady Macbeth has just rung a bell, the signal that it’s time for Macbeth to kill Duncan. A knell is the solemn ringing of a church bell to announce someone’s death. Here, Shakespeare uses wordplay to remind the audience that in this case, the knell heralds Duncan’s death.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -A bell tolls-Lady Macbeth’s signal that the chamberlains are asleep-and Macbeth strides toward Duncan’s chamber.