Monologue

Countess Monologue from All's Well That Ends Well

From All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare

female · contemplative · 1:11 min

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You have discharg’d this honestly; keep it to yourself; many likelihoods inform’d me of this before, which hung so tottering in the balance that I could neither believe nor misdoubt. Pray you leave me; stall this in your bosom; and I thank you for your honest care. I will speak with you further anon. (Exit Steward.) Enter Helena. Even so it was with me when I was young; If ever we are nature’s, these are ours; this thorn Doth to our rose of youth rightly belong; Our blood to us, this to our blood is born; It is the show and seal of nature’s truth, Where love’s strong passion is impress’d in youth. By our remembrances of days foregone, Such were our faults, or then we thought them none. Her eye is sick on’t; I observe her now.

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The Countess reflects on the complexities of youth and love, expressing a mix of gratitude and concern while observing Helena's emotional state.

40s · melancholy · love · youth · memory · identity

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