Monologue

Cleopatra Monologue from All for Love

From All for Love by John Dryden

female · anguished · 55 sec

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How? for ever! I cannot go one moment from your sight, And must I go for ever? My joys, my only joys, are centred here: What place have I to go to? My own kingdom? That I have lost for you: Or to the Romans? They hate me for your sake: Or must I wander The wide world o'er, a helpless, banished woman, Banished for love of you; banished from you? Ay, there's the banishment! Oh, hear me; hear me, With strictest justice: For I beg no favour; And if I have offended you, then kill me, But do not banish me.

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Cleopatra expresses her deep sorrow and desperation at the thought of being banished from her lover, revealing her emotional turmoil and the stakes of her love.

30s · longing · love · isolation · betrayal · freedom

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