Monologue

Busy Monologue from Bartholomew Fair

From Bartholomew Fair by Ben Jonson

male · dark · 54 sec

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Look not toward them, hearken not; the place is Smithfield, or the field of smiths, the grove of hobby-horses and trinkets, the wares are the wares of devils, and the whole Fair is the shop of Satan: they are hooks and baits, very baits, that are hung out on every side, to catch you, and to hold you, as it were, by the gills, and by the nostrils, as the fisher doth; therefore you must not look nor turn toward them.--The heathen man could stop his ears with wax against the harlot of the sea; do you the like with your fingers against the bells of the beast.

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Busy warns others about the dangers of the fair, portraying it as a place of temptation and moral decay, urging them to resist the allure of its offerings.

30s · fear · temptation · morality · deception · corruption

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