Monologue

Benvolio Monologue from Romeo and Juliet

From Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

male · contemplative · 51 sec

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Madam, an hour before the worshipp’d sun Peer’d forth the golden window of the east, A troubled mind drave me to walk abroad, Where underneath the grove of sycamore That westward rooteth from this city side, So early walking did I see your son. Towards him I made, but he was ware of me, And stole into the covert of the wood. I, measuring his affections by my own, Which then most sought where most might not be found, Being one too many by my weary self, Pursu’d my humour, not pursuing his, And gladly shunn’d who gladly fled from me.

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Benvolio reflects on his encounter with Romeo, expressing his feelings of longing and confusion as he tries to understand Romeo's troubled state.

20s · longing · love · isolation · identity · fate

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