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“What's done cannot be undone.”

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Macbeth says it as the news of his wife's death reaches him, and it applies to the plot as much as to his mood. Read outside the play it is the coldest possible statement of resolve: the past is settled, so the remaining question is what happens next.

Source: Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 8

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