Ace2cool
05-10-2009, 05:50 PM
http://www.online-literature.com/hawthorne/125/
Supplementary literature to Macbeth, and wow, I must say, Hawthorne definitely has a way with words that appeals to the darker dimensions of the mind.
"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 path to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets its 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."
William Shakespeare, Macbeth 5.5
Supplementary literature to Macbeth, and wow, I must say, Hawthorne definitely has a way with words that appeals to the darker dimensions of the mind.
"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 path to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets its 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."
William Shakespeare, Macbeth 5.5