Monologue

Duchess Monologue from The Duchess of Malfi

From The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster

female · defiant · 40 sec

Shall this move me? If all my royal kindred Lay in my way unto this marriage, I 'd make them my low footsteps. And even now, Even in this hate, as men in some great battles, By apprehending danger, have achiev'd Almost impossible actions (I have heard soldiers say so), So I through frights and threatenings will assay This dangerous venture. Let old wives report I wink'd and chose a husband.--Cariola, To thy known secrecy I have given up More than my life,--my fame.

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