Birth, and copulation, and death.
That's all the facts when you come to brass tacks.

T.S. Eliot

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Topic

Nature of life Life

Speaker

Sweeney

Author

T.S. Eliot

Source

Fragment of an Agon

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Eliot, T. S. "Fragment of an Agon." Sweeney Agonistes: Fragments of an Aristophanic Melodrama. Faber & Faber, 1932.

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This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.

T.S. Eliot

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Topic
End of the world Decline of civilization Societal collapse

Author

T.S. Eliot
Source
The Hollow Men
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1925 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Eliot, T. S. "The Hollow Men." Poems: 1909-1925. Faber and Gwyer, 1925, pt. 5.

Current Citation

Eliot, T. S. "The Hollow Men." The Waste Land and Other Poems. Vintage, 2021, pt. 5.

Another quote from the 1930s

There's no place like home.

Dorothy Gale

The Wizard of Oz

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Topic
Home
Speaker
Dorothy Gale
Actor
Judy Garland
Source
The Wizard of Oz
Medium
Film
Genre
Fantasy (film) Musical (film) Fantasy Musical
Language
English
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
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Citation

The Wizard of Oz. Directed by Victor Fleming. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939.

Another quote about Life

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.

William Shakespeare

Macbeth

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Absurdity of life The absurd Life as performance Ephemeral nature of life Life
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Macbeth

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Macbeth
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play)
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1616 1610s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Macbeth." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 5, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Macbeth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 5, sc. 5.