Monologue

Agydas Monologue from Tamburlaine

From Tamburlaine by Christopher Marlowe

male · anguished · 1:01 min

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I prophesied before, and now I prove The killing frowns of jealousy and love. He needed not with words confirm my fear, For words are vain where working tools present The naked action of my threaten'd end: It says, Agydas, thou shalt surely die, And of extremities elect the least; More honour and less pain it may procure, To die by this resolved hand of thine Than stay the torments he and heaven have sworn. Then haste, Agydas, and prevent the plagues Which thy prolonged fates may draw on thee: Go wander free from fear of tyrant's rage, Removed from the torments and the hell Wherewith he may excruciate thy soul; And let Agydas by Agydas die, And with this stab slumber eternally.

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Agydas faces a dire situation where he contemplates taking his own life to escape the torment of jealousy and impending doom.

20s · despair · death · jealousy · fate · freedom

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