Monologue

Antony Monologue from Antony and Cleopatra

From Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

male · anguished · 1:37 min

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All is lost! This foul Egyptian hath betrayed me. My fleet hath yielded to the foe, and yonder They cast their caps up and carouse together Like friends long lost. Triple-turned whore! ’Tis thou Hast sold me to this novice, and my heart Makes only wars on thee. Bid them all fly; For when I am revenged upon my charm, I have done all. Bid them all fly! Be gone! (Exit Scarus.) O sun, thy uprise shall I see no more. Fortune and Antony part here; even here Do we shake hands. All come to this! The hearts That spanieled me at heels, to whom I gave Their wishes, do discandy, melt their sweets On blossoming Caesar, and this pine is barked That overtopped them all. Betray’d I am: O this false soul of Egypt! This grave charm, Whose eye becked forth my wars and called them home, Whose bosom was my crownet, my chief end, Like a right gypsy hath at fast and loose Beguiled me to the very heart of loss. What, Eros, Eros! Enter Cleopatra. Ah, thou spell! Avaunt!

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Antony, feeling betrayed by Cleopatra and defeated in battle, expresses his anguish and despair over his lost fortunes and the treachery he perceives from those he once trusted.

40s · despair · betrayal · loss · revenge · power

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