Sarah Hanglow #7-14 January 30th

Sarah Hanglow 
1/30/19

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,

20Creeps 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

25That 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.

Analysis:

• (Lines 1-2) Doesn’t see as another opportunity just something that goes by slowly and is meaningless.  Life is just receptive and boring.
• (Lines 3-4) It’s going really slowly until you die.  People who think life is good are fools because every day up until now has had no real meaning.
• (Line 5-6) Your life is insignificant all life is means nothing. It just ends very fast and anti climatic.  He feels empty from the loss of Lady Macbeth. Self justifying because all murders mean nothing feels better about self.
• (Line 6-7) You spend your time going through yourself your life and no one cares about it after your gone. No matter what you do throughout your life none of it matter in the end. 
• (Line 8-9) No matter what you do it all comes down to being nothing in the end.  Basically saying that it there is no afterlife which people didn’t like because it went against the teachings of the church and therefore the ideals of the government.

Discussion:

  1. What different things does Macbeth metaphorically compare life to? Why?

He compares “a walking shadow” and “a poor player”. Since these both symbolize meaninglessness.

  2. How does Macbeth feel about the future?

He feels that the future is bleak and there is nothing to live for.

  3. How does this soliloquy prove that Macbeth is a round dynamic character?

In the beginning of the play he was very much in love with his wife.  Now he can't even be bother to care about her death.

  4. Consider the timing and placement of the speech-right after Lady Macbeth's reported death- what is the significance of its placement? Why?

The placement of this speech is significant because it comes right after Lady Macbeth's death.  He is giving a speech about how meaningless life is and he feels this way because any life without her seems bleak.  

**Fair is foul and foul is fair:

-Everything is wrong in the beginning with Lady being ruthless and Macbeth wasnt in

-In the end all goes back to the way it should b with men ruthless and women sad