Monologue

Diana Monologue from All's Well That Ends Well

From All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare

female · romantic · 1:44 min

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When midnight comes, knock at my chamber window; I’ll order take my mother shall not hear. Now will I charge you in the band of truth, When you have conquer’d my yet maiden-bed, Remain there but an hour, nor speak to me. My reasons are most strong; and you shall know them When back again this ring shall be deliver’d; And on your finger in the night, I’ll put Another ring, that what in time proceeds May token to the future our past deeds. Adieu till then; then fail not. You have won A wife of me, though there my hope be done. (BERTRAM: A heaven on earth I have won by wooing thee.) For which live long to thank both heaven and me! You may so in the end. My mother told me just how he would woo, As if she sat in’s heart. She says all men Have the like oaths. He had sworn to marry me When his wife’s dead; therefore I’ll lie with him When I am buried. Since Frenchmen are so braid, Marry that will, I live and die a maid. Only, in this disguise, I think’t no sin To cozen him that would unjustly win. (Exit.)

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Diana prepares for a secret meeting with her lover, expressing her hopes and the conditions of their union while emphasizing the importance of trust and commitment.

20s · anticipation · love · trust · identity · hope

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