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"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."
-Shakespeare-
Numerous writers have tried to express the pointlessness of life and the inevitability of death though their works. William Shakespeare wrote one of the most poignant of these writings in his tragedy, Macbeth. Faced with catastrophe, and coping with his sanity, the main character, Macbeth, delivers the well-known "Tomorrow, tomorrow" speech...