The quote “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. 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.” (act 5, scene 5, lines 21-30) is a line said by Macbeth outlining his feelings after the news of his wife’s death. With Macbeth’s reaction to the news of his wife’s death it is apparent that he is facing an emotional shutoff. This is proven when he says “I have almost forgot the taste of fears” (act 5, scene 5, line 9). Macbeth is portraying how his rise to power has given him much personal cost. The most powerful part of the speech is when he says “Life’s only a walking shadow;... Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,/ signifying nothing.” (act 5, scene 5, lines 26, 29-30) Macbeth is talking about how life is just a play, and how life is an idiot’s tale that is full of drama and without meaning.
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