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Cressida Monologue from Troilus and Cressida

From Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare

female · romantic · 1:17 min

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Hard to seem won; but I was won, my lord, With the first glance that ever—pardon me. If I confess much, you will play the tyrant. I love you now; but till now not so much But I might master it. In faith, I lie; My thoughts were like unbridled children, grown Too headstrong for their mother. See, we fools! Why have I blabb’d? Who shall be true to us, When we are so unsecret to ourselves? But, though I lov’d you well, I woo’d you not; And yet, good faith, I wish’d myself a man, Or that we women had men’s privilege Of speaking first. Sweet, bid me hold my tongue, For in this rapture I shall surely speak The thing I shall repent. See, see, your silence, Cunning in dumbness, from my weakness draws My very soul of counsel. Stop my mouth.

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Cressida grapples with her feelings of love and vulnerability, expressing her inner turmoil and the complexities of her emotions towards her lord.

20s · longing · love · identity · betrayal · power

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