Don't really recall where I first heard this or from whom, but the line Shakespeare wrote in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" really is fascinating and true. the world is a stage and each of us is an actor cast in his very own role, a main character in his very own version of a play that spreads for years and years to come.
In the first act we're all newly introduced to the concept and we walk on stage as if they audience is formed out of giants and we crawl across the stage. We stumble across the other members of the cast as if we can't even say two words and all were able to show is gibberish or baby talk.
As soon as the curtains drop at the end of the first act we raise our shoulders a bit and say "well, that wasn't too bad. I can do this" and we find ourselves walking across the stage into the second act.
We feel that nobody knows better than us and that we are the only ones that can make a difference. That's until we finally trip or lose ourselves in our own deceptive lines and realize that we didn't really shone as much as we liked to believe.
So this is what second act is all about, mellowing down our response o the success of the first act while teaching us that one man can't make a play, but he can make a show of his own value.
Then at last the third act arrives and all the other acts fade away as a gathering of memories while all eyes focus on the end. The third act is where we really shine and we play the last part of our role upon the stage. It is the time when in our tired moments we at last give way to newer roles and step aside to let new stars shine.
2 comments:
that's shakespeare, "a midsummer night's dream". i'd read it if i were you.
thank you so much for telling me. I did read "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and I am familiar with the line, alas that's not where i first heard it, that's just where i read it. Thanx and hope to hear more from you Anonymous. I'll edit the entry though. :)
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