Monologue

Calchas Monologue from Troilus and Cressida

From Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare

male · anguished · 1:01 min

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Now, Princes, for the service I have done, Th’advantage of the time prompts me aloud To call for recompense. Appear it to your mind That, through the sight I bear in things to come, I have abandon’d Troy, left my possession, Incurr’d a traitor’s name, expos’d myself From certain and possess’d conveniences To doubtful fortunes, sequest’ring from me all That time, acquaintance, custom, and condition, Made tame and most familiar to my nature; And here, to do you service, am become As new into the world, strange, unacquainted— I do beseech you, as in way of taste, To give me now a little benefit Out of those many regist’red in promise, Which you say live to come in my behalf.

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Calchas, a Trojan priest who has defected to the Greeks, pleads for recognition and reward for his services, reflecting on the sacrifices he has made and the uncertain future he faces.

40s · anticipation · betrayal · power · identity · fate

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