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The writer may open the passage with the word "DODO" for the purpose of gaining the readers attention/interest and creating a hook statement that would cause the reader to want to understand more about the topic, the dodo bird. The writer's opening statement is direct and straight to the point, which is why it is so interesting.
This was at the begining of the age of the industrialisation, factory work was very harsh, workers had to live in a very small and crowded space, many weren't insured and didn't get enough money for working 12 or more hours a day.
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.
Rev. Barbee notices "the burst of a single jewel-like star" and says that "it was though the very constellations knew their impending sorrow. All of nature, in other words, sympathizes with the loss that the Founder's death makes them feel.
