Cleopatra Monologue from Caesar and Cleopatra

From Caesar and Cleopatra by Bernard Shaw

female · philosophical · 1:02 min

Pothinus: we are all Caesar's slaves--all we in this land of Egypt--whether we will or no. And she who is wise enough to know this will reign when Caesar departs. (POTHINUS: You harp on Caesar's departure.) What if I do? (POTHINUS: Does he not love you?) Love me! Pothinus: Caesar loves no one. Who are those we love? Only those whom we do not hate: all people are strangers and enemies to us except those we love. But it is not so with Caesar. He has no hatred in him: he makes friends with everyone as he does with dogs and children. His kindness to me is a wonder: neither mother, father, nor nurse have ever taken so much care for me, or thrown open their thoughts to me so freely.

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