“Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow”

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“Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow” is the opening phrase of one of Macbeth’s most famous soliloquies in Shakespeare’s tragedy, reflecting on the futility and repetitiveness of life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean phrase ⓘ
literary quotation ⓘ
opening phrase of a soliloquy ⓘ
appearsInAct Act 5 ⓘ
appearsInScene Scene 5 ⓘ
appearsInWork Macbeth ⓘ
author William Shakespeare ⓘ
culturalSignificance frequently referenced in discussions of existentialism ⓘ
one of Shakespeare's most quoted lines ⓘ
dramaticFunction expression of Macbeth's existential crisis ⓘ
reaction to Lady Macbeth's death ⓘ
reflection on the meaninglessness of life ⓘ
firstKnownPublicationContext First Folio of Shakespeare's plays (1623) as part of Macbeth ⓘ
followedBy "creeps in this petty pace from day to day" ⓘ
genreContext tragedy ⓘ
influencedTitleOf "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" (various derivative works) ⓘ
"Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" (novel by Gabrielle Zevin) ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice alliteration ⓘ
literaryPeriodContext English Renaissance ⓘ
locationInText near the end of Macbeth ⓘ
memorability highly memorable opening line ⓘ
meter iambic rhythm (loosely aligned with iambic pentameter of the speech) ⓘ
partOf "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow" soliloquy ⓘ
quotationLength short phrase ⓘ
repetitionDevice anaphora ⓘ
spokenByCharacter Macbeth ⓘ
theatricalFormContext Elizabethan drama ⓘ
theme despair ⓘ
futility of life ⓘ
inevitability of time ⓘ
monotony of existence ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
nihilism ⓘ
tone melancholic ⓘ
pessimistic ⓘ
usedInContext discussions of time and repetition ⓘ
literary criticism of Macbeth ⓘ
performances and adaptations of Macbeth ⓘ
workFromWhichItIsQuoted Macbeth ⓘ

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Macbeth → famousLine → “Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow” ⓘ
"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow" → partOf → "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow" soliloquy ⓘ
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