Life is a tale told by an idiot – Really?

Motivated by three witches and egged on by his wife, the former army general allowed his ambition to ascend to the throne, and his obsession to cling on to power as if for dear life, to turn him into a bloodthirsty monster.

Not only did Macbeth assassinate the king, but tyranny held sway as the desire to protect himself and his position pushed him to bungle leadership and soak his hands with blood. At the time he uttered the aforementioned words, his wife was dead, and death was knocking on his door. No doubt at the nadir of despair, with his sense of accountability blunted, he derived comfort in thinking that life signified nothing.