How has Macbeth changed?

P. When Macbeth’s wife dies Macbeth feels… In the same scene the prophecies of the witches start to come true. Macbeth feels… In this scene he says that life is like a “walking shadow” he compares life to… and his overall feelings towards life is… This is ironic as Macbeth should feel….. because he has achieved all his goals. ‘Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage.’ Shakespeare compares, in a metaphor, life to being like a shadow. Our connotations with this are that shadows are insubstantial, they block out the light and they no effect on anything around them. This shows a negative point of view about what life is like. Macbeth says he’s a ‘poor player’ which means an actor. This is ironic because Macbeth would be played by an actor on a stage. The word ‘frets’ means being worried, which again seems like a waste of a life.