Monologue

Camillo Monologue from The Winter's Tale

From The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare

male · contemplative · 1:08 min

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My gracious lord, I may be negligent, foolish, and fearful; In every one of these no man is free, But that his negligence, his folly, fear, Among the infinite doings of the world, Sometime puts forth. In your affairs, my lord, If ever I were wilful-negligent, It was my folly; if industriously I play’d the fool, it was my negligence, Not weighing well the end; if ever fearful To do a thing, where I the issue doubted, Whereof the execution did cry out Against the non-performance, ’twas a fear Which oft affects the wisest: these, my lord, Are such allow’d infirmities that honesty Is never free of. But, beseech your Grace, Be plainer with me; let me know my trespass By its own visage: if I then deny it, ’Tis none of mine.

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Camillo addresses his lord, reflecting on his own shortcomings and the nature of human frailty, seeking clarity about his perceived failings.

30s · fear · honor · identity · redemption

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