Despair In Macbeth
Drama Essay
1) These words are uttered by Macbeth after the death of Lady Macbeth is announced in Act 5, scene 5. Upon first look, this response seems oddly muted and devoid of emotion over the death of his wife, whom he loved so much, however, it segues quickly into a fatalistic speech of such negativity and despair that the audience realises just how majorly Macbeth had been affected by this news, and how undone it has made him. This passage insists that there is no meaning or purpose to life, and knowing the state of Macbeth’s life at this moment, it is clear that his world is falling to pieces all around him. He proclaims that life is, “Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.”And thus represents his thoughts
1) These words are uttered by Macbeth after the death of Lady Macbeth is announced in Act 5, scene 5. Upon first look, this response seems oddly muted and devoid of emotion over the death of his wife, whom he loved so much, however, it segues quickly into a fatalistic speech of such negativity and despair that the audience realises just how majorly Macbeth had been affected by this news, and how undone it has made him. This passage insists that there is no meaning or purpose to life, and knowing the state of Macbeth’s life at this moment, it is clear that his world is falling to pieces all around him. He proclaims that life is, “Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.”And thus represents his thoughts