Monologue

Caesar Monologue from Antony and Cleopatra

From Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

male · defiant · 1:04 min

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Antony, Leave thy lascivious wassails. When thou once Was beaten from Modena, where thou slew’st Hirtius and Pansa, consuls, at thy heel Did famine follow, whom thou fought’st against, Though daintily brought up, with patience more Than savages could suffer. Thou didst drink The stale of horses and the gilded puddle Which beasts would cough at. Thy palate then did deign The roughest berry on the rudest hedge. Yea, like the stag when snow the pasture sheets, The barks of trees thou browsed. On the Alps It is reported thou didst eat strange flesh Which some did die to look on. And all this— It wounds thine honour that I speak it now— Was borne so like a soldier that thy cheek So much as lanked not.

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Caesar confronts Antony about his past actions and choices, expressing disdain for Antony's indulgent lifestyle and questioning his honor as a soldier.

40s · anger · honor · betrayal · power · identity

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