To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
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.
This is one we had to learn while I was in highschool...I still don't know why...
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I still have that one memorized as well. I have not seen any production of or read that Scottish play since I was a junior in high school and that one is still there.
What the hell was I doing in High School?
Not only can he be humorous, our SER runs deep.... hmmm.
Oh yes, the "deep withins" my favorite Hallmark topic. I could spend hours at Walgreens in the card department.
This is one that I remember from high school. It is actually part of a song we had to learn in French class. I loved the way it sounded and the rhyming.
Sur le pont d'Avignon
L'on y danse, l'on y danse
Sur le pont d'Avignon
L'on y danse tous en rond
Translated:
On the bridge of Avignon
There is dancing, you can dance
On the bridge of Avignon
Everyone is dancing in circles
SER, you learned it so you could post it here decades later for our edification. That's some of Shakespeare's best writing. One may may disagree with the statements, but there's no denying their power. William Faulkner named his book The Sound and the Fury after that speech.
In college, I took a course on Shakespeare, and I don't have any of it memorized. Mostly what I have memorized from school are prayers. It's what they ingrained into us.
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