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Dogberry Monologue from Much Ado About Nothing

From Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

male · comedic · 1:31 min

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God’s my life! where’s the sexton? let him write down the Prince’s officer coxcomb. Come, bind them. Thou naughty varlet! (CONRADE: Away! you are an ass; you are an ass.) Dost thou not suspect my place? Dost thou not suspect my years? O that he were here to write me down an ass! but, masters, remember that I am an ass; though it be not written down, yet forget not that I am an ass. No, thou villain, thou art full of piety, as shall be proved upon thee by good witness. I am a wise fellow; and, which is more, an officer; and, which is more, a householder; and, which is more, as pretty a piece of flesh as any in Messina; and one that knows the law, go to; and a rich fellow enough, go to; and a fellow that hath had losses; and one that hath two gowns, and everything handsome about him. Bring him away. O that I had been writ down an ass! (Exeunt.)

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Dogberry, a comically inept constable, grapples with his self-perception and authority while addressing a perceived villain, showcasing his humorous misunderstandings and inflated sense of self.

40s · confusion · identity · power · humor

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