Noun
Bcz these are things
It clarifies that the plague was the biggest killer in Elizabethan England.
Explanation:
The bubonic plague spread to London throughout the Elizabethan age, more than two hundred years during the pandemic in the 14th century. The most significant outbreaks occurred in 1563, 1593, 1603, 1625, and 1665, with several occurrences. Elizabethan was a gloomy, grim, scary place to live during most of the outbreaks.
Approximate 100,000 citizens have been killed by the pandemic, which was dubbed The Big Plague of London in 1665. This began in May 1665 and destroyed the town until the great storm in London of Sept of the same year. Most rats and fleas carrying bacteria were destroyed by fire.
In the lines: "life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage", Macbeth is expressing that life lacks substance and he is also comparing it to the life of an actor who is performing and all of a sudden he is no longer doing so.
In the lines: "it is a tale/told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing", Macbeth is comparing life to a story told by someone who lacks intelligence; therefore, it is sort of meaningless.