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Antony Monologue from Antony and Cleopatra

From Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

male · defiant · 59 sec

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Get thee gone. Say to Ventidius I would speak with him. (Exit Soothsayer.) He shall to Parthia. Be it art or hap, He hath spoken true. The very dice obey him, And in our sports my better cunning faints Under his chance. If we draw lots, he speeds; His cocks do win the battle still of mine When it is all to naught, and his quails ever Beat mine, inhooped, at odds. I will to Egypt: And though I make this marriage for my peace, I’ th’ East my pleasure lies. Enter Ventidius. O, come, Ventidius, You must to Parthia. Your commission’s ready. Follow me and receive ’t. (Exeunt.)

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Antony expresses his frustration with fate and chance while preparing to send Ventidius on a mission to Parthia, revealing his inner conflict between duty and desire.

40s · determination · power · ambition · identity · fate

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