Macbeth's Nihilism

"It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." _Macbeth

This famous quote about life expresses Macbeth's nihilism, a sense of the meaninglessness of life. Macbeth says this after hearing that his wife has died, in the moments right before his climactic battle with Macduff. In this tumultuous moment, Macbeth is feeling that life is absurd and that nothing has any purpose or meaning. Everything he did to become king will soon be erased by his story coming to an end.