ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who states that “It is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.”
A
Macduff
B
Lady Macbeth
C
Macbeth
D
Duncan
E
Banquo
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Macbeth gives a speech about life: “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow / Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, ” concluding that life “is a tale / told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / signifying nothing” (lines 1827).

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing!” MacBeth is commenting on the futility of everything we do, on everything he has done. Everyone is destined to die and our short time on earth is spent in histrionics that mean nothing in the end.

Detailed explanation-5: -’Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow’ Soliloquy Translation: How the days stretched out – each one the same as the one before, and they would continue to do so, tediously, until the end of history.

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