Monologue

Duchess Monologue from Richard III

From Richard III by William Shakespeare

female · anguished · 1:02 min

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Ah, so much interest have I in thy sorrow As I had title in thy noble husband. I have bewept a worthy husband’s death, And lived by looking on his images; But now two mirrors of his princely semblance Are cracked in pieces by malignant death, And I, for comfort, have but one false glass, That grieves me when I see my shame in him. Thou art a widow, yet thou art a mother, And hast the comfort of thy children left; But death hath snatched my husband from mine arms And plucked two crutches from my feeble hands, Clarence and Edward. O, what cause have I, Thine being but a moiety of my moan, To overgo thy woes and drown thy cries.

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The Duchess mourns the loss of her husband and laments the impact of death on her family, expressing deep sorrow and a sense of isolation in her grief.

40s · sadness · death · family · loss · grief

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