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“Come what come may, / Time and the hour runs through the roughest day”
Allusion
Act 1,
Scene 3
Lines 148b-149

An explanation of Macbeth’s use of proverbs in Act 1, Scene 3 of myShakespeare’s Macbeth.

Here, Macbeth recites versions of two proverbs:

  • “Come what come may.”
  • “The longest day has an end.”