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Calphurnia Monologue from Julius Caesar

From Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

female · dark · 55 sec

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Caesar, I never stood on ceremonies, Yet now they fright me. There is one within, Besides the things that we have heard and seen, Recounts most horrid sights seen by the watch. A lioness hath whelped in the streets, And graves have yawn’d, and yielded up their dead; Fierce fiery warriors fight upon the clouds In ranks and squadrons and right form of war, Which drizzled blood upon the Capitol; The noise of battle hurtled in the air, Horses did neigh, and dying men did groan, And ghosts did shriek and squeal about the streets. O Caesar, these things are beyond all use, And I do fear them!

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Calphurnia expresses her deep fears and foreboding about ominous signs and portents that she believes threaten Caesar's life, revealing her anxiety and the tension surrounding the impending events.

30s · fear · death · fate · power · madness

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