Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow

Cory Howell
Bites of Bard
Published in
Oct 9, 2017

This is a short one, but it’s a marvelous speech. It’s Macbeth’s speech after he finds out his wife is dead.

She should have died hereafter;

There would have been a time for such a word.

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,

Creeps in this petty pace from day to day

To the last syllable of recorded time;

And all our yesterdays have lighted fools

The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle,

Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player,

That struts and frets his hour upon the stage

And then is heard no more. It is a tale

Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury

Signifying nothing. (Macbeth, Act V, Scene 5)

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Cory Howell
Bites of Bard

Full-time dad & part-time church musician in the United Methodist Church; occasional blogger; fan of Shakespeare, Sherlock Holmes, language, the Bible, and more