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A 3 page essay that describes and analyzes the famous "Tomorrow" soliloquy that Macbeth delivers in Act V, Scene 5. The writer describes why this passage has fascinated each generation since its creation. No additional sources cited.
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Store, Enterprises Inc. By - November, 2010 properly! Just prior to delivering his famous soliloquy,
in Act 5, scene 5, which begins "To-morrow, and to-morrow and to-morrow,/ Creeps in this petty pace from day to day" (lines 24-25), Macbeth has just received the news that
his wife is dead. This speech indicates the depth of Macbeths despair and his nihilistic sense of hopelessness, as well as a rationale that offers a rather warped justification for
his own crimes. This soliloquy also includes within its scope foreshadowing of Macbeths preordained destiny, as it is only by ending Macbeths life and the assumption of Malcolm to the
crown that the "sound and fury" (5.5.32), that is the chaos brought about by Macbeth, can be rectified and order restored to society. Before delivering the soliloquy, Macbeth is
barking out orders, presenting a bravado that asserts that the "...castles strength/Will laugh a siege to scorn" (5.5.4-5). The news of Lady Macbeths death, however, takes the bluster out of
him. He comments that "She should have died hereafter" (5.5.23). The soliloquy that follows has fascinated audiences and readers throughout the centuries since Shakespeare first created this lyrically fatalistic view
of life. The opening lines refer to the steady pace of time, which creeps slowly along at a steady pace from day-to-day "To the last syllable of recorded time"
(5.5.26), that is, the end of time and Judgment Day. Macbeth adds, "And all our yesterdays have lighted fools/The way to dusty death" (5.5.27-28). In other words, each day that
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