{"id":9462,"date":"2026-06-24T16:22:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9462"},"modified":"2026-06-24T16:22:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:22:30","slug":"as-you-like-it-act-ii-scene-vii-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9462","title":{"rendered":"Macbeth: Act 5, Scene 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Macbeth\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Act 5, Scene 5\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Macbeth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(This speech is used in our <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=9451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">interview with Jacob Ming-Trent<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click here\u00a0to open up a <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">First Folio version<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click here\u00a0to open up a <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">scanned version<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">18.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0She should have died hereafter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">19.  There would have been a time for such a word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">20.  Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">21.  Creeps in this petty pace from day to day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">22.  To the last syllable of recorded time,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">23.  And all our yesterdays have lighted fools<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">24.  The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">25.  Life\u2019s but a walking shadow, a poor player<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">26.  That struts and frets his hour upon the stage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">27.  And then is heard no more. It is a tale<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">28.  Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">29.  Signifying nothing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macbeth\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Act 5, Scene 5\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Macbeth (This speech is used in our interview with Jacob Ming-Trent) Click here\u00a0to open up a First Folio version. Click here\u00a0to open up a scanned version. 18.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0She should have died hereafter. 19. There would have been a time for such a word. 20. 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