Monologue

Autolycus Monologue from The Winter's Tale

From The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare

male · sarcastic · 1:01 min

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If I had a mind to be honest, I see Fortune would not suffer me: she drops booties in my mouth. I am courted now with a double occasion: gold, and a means to do the prince my master good; which who knows how that may turn back to my advancement? I will bring these two moles, these blind ones, aboard him. If he think it fit to shore them again and that the complaint they have to the king concerns him nothing, let him call me rogue for being so far officious; for I am proof against that title and what shame else belongs to ’t. To him will I present them. There may be matter in it. (Exit.)

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Autolycus, a roguish character, reflects on his opportunistic nature and the potential benefits of his actions, revealing his cunning and self-serving motivations.

20s · anticipation · ambition · fate · identity · power

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