Monologue

Diomedes Monologue from Troilus and Cressida

From Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare

male · dark · 52 sec

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Both alike: He merits well to have her that doth seek her, Not making any scruple of her soilure, With such a hell of pain and world of charge; And you as well to keep her that defend her, Not palating the taste of her dishonour, With such a costly loss of wealth and friends. He like a puling cuckold would drink up The lees and dregs of a flat tamed piece; You, like a lecher, out of whorish loins Are pleas’d to breed out your inheritors. Both merits pois’d, each weighs nor less nor more, But he as he, the heavier for a whore.

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Diomedes reflects on the moral implications of love and betrayal in the context of a tumultuous relationship, highlighting the pain and cost associated with dishonor.

30s · disgust · betrayal · honor · love · jealousy

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