Read this passage from Act V. From The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare MACBETH. She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death.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. Which statement best sums up what is happening in this excerpt? Macbeth is secretly glad that Lady Macbeth has died. Macbeth is angry that he has been a fool most of his life. Macbeth is realizing that life is short. Macbeth is surprised at the death of Lady Macbeth. Description

The excerpt is the famous soliloquy from Macbeth. It is the self-response by him to the remembrance of Lady Macbeth by Seyton. Macbeth references to the life and death with her death. According to Macbeth, life is a short play and it is played by an idiot actor. The confusion arises in his meaning of life in the light of Lady Macbeth's death because the reader doesn't really understand a real intention behind Macbeth's lines. The tone is not happy. Nor it is angry. Macbeth is devastated. Sorting out the options, we can yield that the correct option is the third option - Macbeth is realizing that life is short.