Jan 1, 2010

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and So Forth | Tomorrow and Tomorrow and So Forth

At a glance:

Author: John Updike
First Published: 1955
Type of Plot: Social realism
Time of Work: The 1950's
Setting: An American high school
Principal Characters: Mark Prosser, Gloria Angstrom, Peter Forrester, Geoffrey Langer, Strunk
Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
Subjects: Teaching or teachers, Perception, Students or student life, Immaturity
Locales: United States

The lesson for the day in Mark Prosser's English classroom is Macbeth's soliloquy on hearing of 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 on the stage

And then is heard no more. It is a tale

Told by an idiot, full of...

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