MACBETH ACT 5 SCENE 5 ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS USING THIS EXTRACT:
"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 idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. "

1)Why is the modal verb ‘should’ unusual here?

2)Underline quotations associated with the lexical field of time. What point is Macbeth making?

3)What is ‘brief candle’ metaphorically representing? Where else do we see references to ’can

4)Why does he relate life to acting?

5)How could you argue that Macbeth is experiencing an existential crisis here?