كثيرًا ما تُشبَّه نهايةُ حياة الإنسان بختام مسرحيّة مُحكَمة البناء، إذ يظلّ شخوصها الرئيسيّون يتصرّفون وفق طباعهم، مهما كان المصير الذي يلقونه.
النص الأصلي بالإنجليزية
“The end of a man's life is often compared to the winding up of a well written play, where the principal persons still act in character, whatever the fate in which they undergo.”Joseph Addison — The Spectator, in Miniature: Being the Principal Religious, Moral, Humourous, Satirical and Critical Essays, in that Publication Compressed Into Two Volumes (1833)