Monologue

Edmund Monologue from King Lear

From King Lear by William Shakespeare

male · dark · 57 sec

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Sir, I thought it fit To send the old and miserable King To some retention and appointed guard; Whose age has charms in it, whose title more, To pluck the common bosom on his side, And turn our impress’d lances in our eyes Which do command them. With him I sent the queen; My reason all the same; and they are ready Tomorrow, or at further space, to appear Where you shall hold your session. At this time We sweat and bleed: the friend hath lost his friend; And the best quarrels in the heat are curs’d By those that feel their sharpness. The question of Cordelia and her father Requires a fitter place.

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Edmund discusses the strategic placement of King Lear and the queen, highlighting the tension and impending conflict surrounding the royal family.

30s · anticipation · power · betrayal · family · madness

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