Monologue

Antonio Monologue from The Duchess of Malfi

From The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster

male · philosophical · 38 sec

I take 't, as those that deny purgatory, It locally contains or heaven or hell; There 's no third place in 't. (DUCHESS: How do you affect it?) My banishment, feeding my melancholy, Would often reason thus. (DUCHESS: Pray, let 's hear it.) Say a man never marry, nor have children, What takes that from him? Only the bare name Of being a father, or the weak delight To see the little wanton ride a-cock-horse Upon a painted stick, or hear him chatter Like a taught starling.

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