Morpheus (The Matrix) Morpheus in Kia Motors' K900 commercial for Super Bowl XLVIII. He sings Pavarotti's rendition of Nessun Dorma, Italian for "None Shall Sleep". Morpheus (The Matrix) Morpheus is a fictional character in "The Matrix" franchise. He is portrayed by Laurence Fishburne in the films, and in the video game "" where he was the only actor to reprise his character's voice. Lana and Lilly Wachowski, the creators of "The Matrix" franchise, instructed Fishburne to base his performance on Morpheus, a character in Neil Gaiman's comic book series "The Sandman". At the studio's request, Gaiman later wrote "Goliath", a promotional short story
Shall and will and "should" function as past tenses of "will" and "shall", their usage tends to correspond to that of the latter verbs ("would" is used analogously to "will", and "should" to "shall"). Thus "would" and "should" can be used with "future-in-the-past" meaning, to express what was expected to happen, or what in fact did happen, after some past time of reference. The use of "should" here (like that of "shall" as a plain future marker) is much less common and is generally confined to the first person. Examples: "Would" can also be used as the past equivalent of "will" in its