Monologue

Duke Senior Monologue from As You Like It

From As You Like It by William Shakespeare

male · joyful · 53 sec

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Welcome, young man. Thou offer’st fairly to thy brother’s wedding: To one his lands withheld, and to the other A land itself at large, a potent dukedom. First, in this forest let us do those ends That here were well begun and well begot; And after, every of this happy number That have endured shrewd days and nights with us Shall share the good of our returned fortune, According to the measure of their states. Meantime, forget this new-fall’n dignity, And fall into our rustic revelry. Play, music! And you brides and bridegrooms all, With measure heaped in joy to th’ measures fall.

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Duke Senior welcomes a young man to a wedding, reflecting on the fortunes and struggles shared among friends in the forest, inviting them to celebrate together.

40s · joy · celebration · community · fortune · freedom

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