The Syllables of Time

An Augustinian Context for Macbeth 5.5

Abstract : Among the most familiar lines in all Shakespeare are these Macbeth utters upon hearing the Lady Macbeth's death: 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...

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Author:John S. Tanner
Published: S.n., s.l., 1987
Volume:8
Pages:131-146
Language:English
Periodical:Quidditas
ISSN:1544-9971
Format:Article
Topic:- Doctrine > Time. History
- Influence and Survival > Generalities > Literature
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description Abstract : Among the most familiar lines in all Shakespeare are these Macbeth utters upon hearing the Lady Macbeth's death: 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. (5.5.19-28) So familiar, indeed, is this speech that we may easily overlook one striking correlation the imagery develops: that between syllables and time. Perhaps the phrasing "recorded time" conditions us to hear "time" as the simple equivalent of "history" or even "speech." But Shakespeare's precise phrase is "syllable of recorded time." Nowhere else does Shakespeare associate time with syllables.
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Invloed en Overleving Algemeenheden Literatuur
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Influence et Survie Généralités Littérature
Einfluss und Überlebung Allgemeinheiten Literatur
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