...left it to think alone. 1 f it were don e when tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly. If th 'assassination Could trammel up the consequence and...success; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end -all -he re, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come. If Killing...

...an end to time. For to destroy time is what he would, with paralyzing paradox, risk the future for: "that but this blow / Might be the be-all and the...here, / But here, upon this bank and shoal of time" (I, vii, 4— 6). This is what "We'd jump the life to come" in favor of (whether the life to come is...

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...European culture. Let Shakespeare's Macbeth (I. vii) speak for them all: . . . If th'assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, With his surcease, success; that but this blow Might he the be-all and the end-all here But here upon this hank and shoal of time We'd jump the life to...

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...linear model of time encompassing both history (the present) and eternal judgement (the life to come): 'here, upon this bank and shoal of time / We'd jump the life to come' 76 Philippa Berry (l.7.6-7). In Romeo and Juliet, however, this act has a calendrical specificity that...

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...Commentary 70 Shakespeare captured the essence of assassination in MacBeth. "If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly; if the assassination...bank and shoal of time, we'd jump the life to come." The odious practice of removing an opponent by knife rather than vote was a popular theme for the seemingly...

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...consequences for his actions. If it were done, when 'tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly. If th' assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and...here, But here, upon this bank and [shoal] of time, We'ld jump the life to come. (I-7-I-7) The tongue-twister quality of the language expresses a confusion...