Monologue

Claudio Monologue from Much Ado About Nothing

From Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

male · dark · 1:07 min

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Is this the monument of Leonato? (A LORD: It is, my lord.) (Reads from a scroll.) Epitaph. Done to death by slanderous tongues Was the Hero that here lies: Death, in guerdon of her wrongs, Gives her fame which never dies. So the life that died with shame Lives in death with glorious fame. Hang thou there upon the tomb, Praising her when I am dumb. Now, music, sound, and sing your solemn hymn. Song. Pardon, goddess of the night, Those that slew thy virgin knight; For the which, with songs of woe, Round about her tomb they go. Midnight, assist our moan; Help us to sigh and groan, Heavily, heavily: Graves, yawn and yield your dead, Till death be uttered, Heavily, heavily.

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Claudio mourns the death of Hero, reflecting on the consequences of slander and the tragic loss of her honor, while seeking to honor her memory through a solemn hymn.

20s · sadness · death · betrayal · honor · redemption

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