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After Lady Macbeth's death, Macbeth expresses nihilistic thoughts, saying, "Out, out, brief candle!" What does this reveal about his state of mind?

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Macbeth's feeling of hopelessness,

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Out, out brief candle. These words reflect Macbeth's feeling of hopelessness, of course, but they have a self-justifying streak as well—for if life is “full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing,” then Macbeth's crimes, too, are meaningless rather than evil.

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