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And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V, Scene V, lines 17–28
Immediately obvious is the notion of a "tale told by an idiot," in this case Benjy, whose view of the Compsons' story opens the novel. The idea can be extended also to Quentin and Jason, whose narratives display their own varieties of idiocy. More to the point, the novel recounts "the way to dusty death" of a traditional upper-class Southern ...
[78] Faulkner's allusions to earlier authors are evidenced by his titles; the title of The Sound and the Fury comes from Macbeth's soliloquy: "it is a tale/ Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,/ Signifying nothing." The opening of the novel is told from the perspective of the intellectually disabled Benjy Compson.
And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury Signifying nothing. Morgen, und morgen, und dann wieder morgen, Kriecht so mit kleinem Schritt von Tag zu Tag, Zur letzten Silb auf unserm Lebensblatt; Und alle unsre Gestern führten Narren Den Pfad zum staubigen Tod. Aus, kleines Licht! Leben ist nur ein wandelnd ...
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.
Spending three-and-a-half hours in the company of an idiot is a long time.” ... The filmmaker told The Irish Times earlier this year that it was DiCaprio who personally called him requesting a ...
"The classic fairy tale was appropriated to serve the purpose of socializing children," writes Tatar, and "the Grimms seem to have favored violence over whimsy." Violence, in the right context, was considered funny to young readers, while explicit references to sex were perceived as superfluous to the story, providing neither moral guidance nor ...
Im said there are times he wonders whether they were right: “Maybe it’s true that I’m an idiot.” But this is what he likes about children: They don’t care about squeezing every last drop ...