[Note: The five words in the image here aren't the five I'm talking about. Let's just keep the suspense for a little while.]
With the Shakespeare Radar™ turned on, I've been re-watching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
But I freely admit that it may be too sensitive. Are these five words, unquestionably found in Macbeth in this exact sequence, deliberately and purposefully quoted? Or is it mere coincidence? [Note: All right. I admit it. In the play, two of the words are contracted, so it's technically four words in the play and a five-word misquotation in the episode.]
Perhaps you will agree to be the judge:
Links: The Episode at IMDB.
For more connections between Star Trek and Shakespeare, head to Shakespeare and Star Trek Complete.
In Act III, Lady Macbeth says, "Things without all remedy / Should be without regard: What's done, is done" (III.ii.11–12). Here, Worf gives us a very close paraphrase.
Unfortunately, I can't find any genuine connection between the plot of the episode and the plot of Shakespeare's play. We don't even get the variant "What's done cannot be undone" (V.I.68) that Lady Macbeth utters when she's sleepwalking.
But I'll keep watching, hoping to find any further (and deeper) connections between Shakespeare and Star Trek.
Links: The Episode at IMDB.
For more connections between Star Trek and Shakespeare, head to Shakespeare and Star Trek Complete.
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