Metaphor of time in death be not proud

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?

In “drummer hodge,” which of thefollowing words best describes whatthe landscape is to hodge?

What is hamlet pondering at the beginning of act 3?