Shakespeare Meme

[calliopes_pen]

Taken from sharelle.

When you see this in a friend's journal post a quote from Shakespeare in yours:

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.
-- Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5

The reason I posted that part? I was forced to memorize it (and then recite it in class, along with everyone else) in 12th grade English. I still remember it. (That, and my locker combination.)

Comments

[stretfordditto.livejournal.com]

James always does that bit, maybe he had to recite it in 12th grade as well?

[calliopes_pen]

That does seem to be something that teachers want students to memorize. Anything's possible.

[lizamanynames.livejournal.com]

See, I memorized that passage when I was eight cause Q said it.

...yes, I WAS a weird kid, actually.