Quote:
Originally Posted by st0psign
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.
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It's great how there are quite some allusions/references to the theatre like that and finally this idea that "all the world is [just] a stage" is opposed in the epilogue of The Tempest, being the last he ever wrote for theatre. That kind of metanarrative arguably hasn't been surpassed by any current forms of entertainment or art.
It's all very philosophical. And there are pervasive themes. It's absolutely great and (maybe/quite) genuinely awesome.
