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And all our yesterdays have lighted fools / The way to dusty death. Out…
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools / The way to dusty death. Out out brief candle
Context?
Act 5 Scene 5
In Macbeth's soliloquy after Birnam wood is coming to Dunsinane hill and learning that Lady Macbeth is dead
Christianity?
First part suggests that Macbeth has a nihilistic approach to life, which could justify his bloodlust and killing.
Dusty?
He knows he is going to die without leaving an heir, his wife is dead
He has turned against his own hubris because he realises that fate warned him in 'is this a dagger which i see before me'
Conveys image of something neglected, like his life
Great chain of being?
He realises that all this was a punishment for breaking the great chain of being
Language
Out, out brief candle
He knows he is going to die and this is seen in 'out, out brief candle'.
Links to when lady Macbeth says 'out, damned spot', shows macbeth's love
Could be referring to himself as the candle
Refers to himself as the 'fool', suggest that his life is worthless
God's punishment
Contrasts to Banquo's life where his descendants will occupy the throne 'till the crack of doom'
Reinforced by "dusty death"