Question

act ii - scene 4
use the following passage to answer the question:
ross: \ha, good father, / thou seest the heavens, as troubled with mans act, / threatens his bloody stage. by th clock tis day, and yet dark night strangles the traveling lamp. / ist nights predominance or the days shame / that darkness does the face of earth entomb / when living light should kiss it?
old man: tis unnatural, / even like the deed thats done. on tuesday last / a falcon, towring in her pride of place, was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.\
ross: \and duncans horses (a thing most strange and certain), / beauteous and swift the minions of their race, / turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out, / contending gainst obedience, as they would / make war with mankind.\
old man: \tis said they eat each other.\
the \traveling lamp\ is a metaphor for and personification of:
the starsthe moonthe sunearth

Explanation:

In the passage, Ross mentions "By th' clock 'tis day, And yet dark night strangles the traveling lamp." During the day, the sun is the source of light. The phrase "living light should kiss it" (referring to the earth) further implies that the "traveling lamp" is the sun, as the sun's light "kisses" the earth during the day. The sun is personified as a "traveling lamp" (moving across the sky) and is metaphorically described in this context.

Answer:

the sun