Monologue

Edmund Monologue from King Lear

From King Lear by William Shakespeare

male · dramatic · 59 sec

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The Duke be here tonight? The better! best! This weaves itself perforce into my business. My father hath set guard to take my brother; And I have one thing, of a queasy question, Which I must act. Briefness and fortune work! Brother, a word, descend, brother, I say! My father watches: O sir, fly this place; Intelligence is given where you are hid; You have now the good advantage of the night. Have you not spoken ’gainst the Duke of Cornwall? He’s coming hither; now, i’ the night, i’ the haste, And Regan with him: have you nothing said Upon his party ’gainst the Duke of Albany? Advise yourself.

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Edmund is warning his brother Edgar of impending danger as their father seeks to capture him. The urgency of the situation highlights themes of betrayal and power struggles within the family.

20s · fear · betrayal · power · family · revenge

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