Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Macbeth's State of Mind


Macbeth’s state of mind is that he believes life is nothing more then an allusion. He seems a tad depressed because its almost as if he doesn’t care about his accomplishments because he is going to die anyway, what’s the point in caring. Everyone dies. He claims life is without meaning, and full of noise and emotional disturbance. He is also feeling resigned. He just doesn’t care anymore and life seems pointless to him. The line that is most powerful to me is, “The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!” It personifies candles as people because candles only last so long just as we do. When we die it’s like the candle going out and we go off to our dark deaths.

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