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Read the excerpt from Act 5, Scene 5 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Macbeth has just received news of his wife’s death. In this excerpt, "signifying” means "representing.”


Macbeth. She should have died hereafter;
There would have been a time for such a word.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
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 birdbrain, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

[birdbrain not in the story, but changed for tos]

The excerpt develops the universal theme "the relationship between violence and human nature” by suggesting that

A. violence destroys human nature.
B. violence has no impact on human nature.
C. violence is human nature.
D. violence advances human nature.

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Answer:b

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Answer:

A. violence destroys human nature.

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