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Life’s but a walking shadow; a poor player, ... And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.
The inherent meaninglessness of life is largely explored in the philosophical school of existentialism, ... it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
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 ...
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. Content [ edit ]
This is Handmaid’s Tale coming to life.” CNN analyst and former Trump White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah Griffin wrote : “Senator Katie Britt is a very impressive person. She ...
The story she has told him about his father's death serves to keep him an infantilized, dependent man-child. (There's a reason Beau dresses like an 8-year-old and has the social skills to match ...
"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 ...
In the final act of the play of the same name, he concludes his “tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow” monologue by describing life as “a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” Anton Chekhov portrayed nihilism when writing Three Sisters. The phrase "what does it matter" or variants of this are often spoken ...