... with horrors./Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts,/Cannot once start me."" Macbeth, a few lines later, is also aware of his forthcoming demise: "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."" Macbeth knows that his ... "play,"" or his life, is nearing its end. Despite the fact that whether Macbeth is ultimately responsible for his own demise is a debatable issue, there ... and to consider Macbeth a tragic hero, and, according to Ar...

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