Born in England in 1564, Shakespeare was a prolific dramatist, poet and writer. He is also credited with the prestigious title of 'The Bard Of Avon'.
William Shakespeare has written numerous plays and among them tragedy was a vital ingredient. Such important plays involve the likes of 'Hamlet', 'Romeo And Juliet', 'Julius Caesar' and others. A particular line from Hamlet, "To be, or not to be: that is the question" is often considered as the most famous line by William Shakespeare.
28. "By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death will seize the doctor too."
- Cymbeline, 'Cymbeline', Act V, Scene V.
29. "Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground: long heath, brown furze, anything. The wills above be done, but I would fain die a dry death."
- Gonzalo, 'The Tempest', Act I, Scene I.
30. "Life and these lips have long been separated.
Death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower of all the field."
- Capulet, 'Romeo And Juliet', Act IV, Scene V.
Shakespeare Quotes About Death From Revenge Tragedy Plays
Here are some best quotes about grief from Revenge tragedy plays of William Shakespeare.
31. "But that the dread of something after death-
The undiscover'd country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns- puzzles the will."
- Hamlet, 'Hamlet', Act III, Scene I.
32. "O reverend tribunes! O gentle, aged men!
Unbind my sons, reverse the doom of death."
- Titus, 'Titus Andronicus', Act III, Scene I.
33. "Thou know'st 'tis common; all that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity."
Enlisted below are some of the best death quotes from other iconic plays of William Shakespeare. These death quotes often remind us how beautiful life is.
41. "When remedies are past, the griefs are ended
By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended.
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone
Is the next way to draw new mischief on."
- Duke, 'Othello', Act I, Scene III.
42. "O! Grief hath chang’d me since you saw me last,
And careful hours with time’s deformed hand
Have written strange defeatures in my face:
But tell me yet, dost thou not know my voice?"
- Egeon, 'The Comedy of Errors', Act V, Scene I.
43. "If the living be enemy to the grief, the excess
makes it soon mortal."
- Countess, 'All's Well That Ends Well', Act I, Scene I.
44. "My grief lies onward, and my joy behind."
- William Shakespeare, Sonnet 50.
45. "You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both."
- Antonio, 'The Merchant Of Venice', Act IV, Scene I.
50. "Be absolute for death; either death or life
Shall thereby be the sweeter."
- Duke Vincentio, 'Measure For Measure', Act III, Scene I.
51. Thou art not conquer'd; beauty's ensign yet
Is crimson in thy lips, and in thy cheeks,
And death's pale flag is not advanced there."
- Romeo, 'Romeo And Juliet', Act V, Scene III.
52. "Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust."
- Guiderius, 'Cymbeline', Act IV, Scene II.
53. "And when I shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night."
- Juliet, 'Romeo And Juliet', Act III, Scene II.
54. "My shroud of white, stuck all with yew,
O, prepare it!
My part of death, no one so true
Did share it."
- Feste, 'Twelfth Night', Act II, Scene IV
55. "It is too late, he drags me down; I sink, I sink, — my soul is lost forever!"
- Macbeth, Act V, Scene V.
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