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Cleopatra Monologue from Antony and Cleopatra

From Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

female · dramatic · 1:12 min

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I dreamt there was an Emperor Antony. O, such another sleep, that I might see But such another man! (DOLABELLA: If it might please you—) His face was as the heavens, and therein stuck A sun and moon, which kept their course, and lighted The little O, the earth. (DOLABELLA: Most sovereign creature—) His legs bestrid the ocean; his reared arm Crested the world; his voice was propertied As all the tuned spheres, and that to friends; But when he meant to quail and shake the orb, He was as rattling thunder. For his bounty, There was no winter in’t; an autumn ’twas That grew the more by reaping. His delights Were dolphin-like; they showed his back above The element they lived in. In his livery Walked crowns and crownets; realms and islands were As plates dropped from his pocket.

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Cleopatra reflects on the grandeur and power of Antony, expressing both admiration and a deep sense of loss as she contemplates his impact on her life and the world.

30s · longing · power · identity · love · loss

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