
Macbeth: atto V, scena V, vv. 17-27
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
Origine: È la terza frase del più famoso soliloquio della tragedia. In questa il protagonista reagisce con insensibilità alla morte della moglie.