Monologue

Busy Monologue from Bartholomew Fair

From Bartholomew Fair by Ben Jonson

male · defiant · 55 sec

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Hinder me not, woman I was moved in spirit, to be here this day, in this Fair, this wicked and foul Fair; and fitter may it be called a Foul than a Fair; to protest against the abuses of it, the foul abuses of it, in regard of the afflicted saints, that are troubled, very much troubled, exceedingly troubled, with the opening of the merchandise of Babylon again, and the peeping of popery upon the stalls here, here, in the high places. See you not Goldylocks, the purple strumpet there, in her yellow gown and green sleeves? the profane pipes, the tinkling timbrels? a shop of relicks!

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Busy confronts the moral decay he perceives at the Fair, expressing his outrage against the corrupt practices and influences he believes are present.

30s · anger · corruption · religion · moral outrage · societal critique

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